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168 films

Chef's Life

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Chef's Life

Chef Life takes us on a flavorful adventure with Inderpal, a world-renowned chef known for his bold flavors and big heart.

2026

Delhi Fateh

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Delhi Fateh

This documentary traces the 1783 conquest of Delhi's Red Fort by Sikh forces led by Baghel Singh, Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, and Jassa Singh Ramgarhia, and the compromise that followed, which led to the founding of Delhi's historic gurudwaras.

2026

Echoes of Panjab

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Echoes of Panjab

Echoes of Panjab journeys through the villages and towns of Punjab, capturing the voices and performances of folk artists who have kept these centuries-old traditions alive.

2026
Faith Beyond Borders - The Story of Amandeep Kaur

Faith Beyond Borders - The Story of Amandeep Kaur

Amandeep Kaur lives in Viterbo, Italy. Born in Ludhiana, she built a gurdwara, started kirtan, and says now Italy is her home.

2026|Hansjeet Duggal
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Gyani Sundar Singh Sagar

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Gyani Sundar Singh Sagar

This documentary chronicles the remarkable life and legacy of Gyani Sundar Singh Sagar, a prominent Sikh scholar, activist, and pillar of the British-Sikh community.

2026

Healing Together: The NASMDA Story

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Healing Together: The NASMDA Story

The North American Sikh Medical Dental Association brings together Sikh healthcare professionals for continuing education, community health, and the strength that comes from showing up together.

2026
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Hidden Gems

Nirinjan Singh Khalsa is a Sikh miner and jewelry designer. In Tonopah, Nevada, he mines turquoise with the Otteson family.

2026|Nirinjan Singh Khalsa, Hansjeet Duggal
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Music as Meditation

Shivpreet Singh is a businessman and artist who uses ancient Indian music to heal the mind and unite cultures. From Nepal to California, he started Dhun Anand to help artists who don't have an audience.

2026|Davinder Singh
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Sadaknama

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Sadaknama

Sadaknama is a poetic road documentary that travels alongside Punjabi Sikh truck drivers, exploring the rhythms, struggles, and quiet philosophies of men who live perpetually on the move, carrying not just cargo, but the weight of memory, culture, and longing between home and the endless highway.

2026
The Mala Maker

The Mala Maker

Siri Ram Kaur makes malas by hand in Italy. Born in Savona, she learned from a friend, started Personal Malas in 2004, and no two pieces are the same.

2026|Hansjeet Duggal
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The Sound of a Shadow

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The Sound of a Shadow

2026

Through the Lens of Subhash Parihar

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Through the Lens of Subhash Parihar

This short documentary explores the life and work of Subhash Parihar, a photographer, art-historian and chronicler of Punjab's architectural heritage, tracing his journey from Kotakpura to becoming an internationally recognised scholar and visual documentarian of Indo-Islamic and Sikh architectural monuments.

2026
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A Life Story

Yogeshwar Singh left India after 1984 and built a life in Switzerland. This is the story of what he carried with him and what he found on the other side.

2025
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Amrita Kaur - A Magical Voice

A New Zealand-raised Kirtan singer bridges three continents, three generations, and two musical traditions. The story of a daughter who inherited her father's calling — and made it her own.

2025|Salman Khan
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Cosmic Drama of Life Guru Nanak's Japji Sahib Salo

An animated children's film that brings Guru Nanak's Salok to life as a cosmic drama: good deeds, divine record-keeping, and the choices that shape a soul.

2025
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Crafting Legacy

Bal Choda is a Sikh engineer at Aston Martin. A matchbox car at seven, a grandfather who made his own tools, and a machine the experts said could not be built.

2025|AMIT KAUR
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Everyday Activists

Angad Singh is a family physician in Seattle. Manpreet Kaur Kalra is a social impact and equity advisor, and the film follows how they treat activism as daily work.

2025|Amit Kaur
Documentary
Ferrofluid

Ferrofluid

A ten-piece experimental band from Chandigarh travels to the Kabir Yatra in Rajasthan, blending folk, classical, and electronic music into one voice. A film about young musicians finding their sound, and the old poetry that still moves a crowd.

2025|Tanny Kaler
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Flying High - Flacon Sikh Primary School

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Flying High - Flacon Sikh Primary School

Falcons Primary School in the UK is a Sikh faith school built on the belief that values-based education and genuine inclusion can coexist beautifully.

2025
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Gift of Light

Gift of Light

A Sikh doctor runs free eye camps across rural northern India, giving the gift of sight to people who have gone without it for far too long.

2025|AMOLAK SINGH
Short Film
I Will Meet You Yet Again: Contemporary Sikh Art

I Will Meet You Yet Again: Contemporary Sikh Art

Sonia Dhami curates a contemporary Sikh art exhibition at UCLA's Fowler Museum — bringing living Sikh artists into one of America's leading cultural institutions.

2025
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India to Leicester: An Artist Journey

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India to Leicester: An Artist Journey

An Artist's Journey India to Leicester: An Artist’s Journey is a captivating portrait of Kamal Koria, the UK’s first Asian Graphic Artist, whose bold and colourful works bridge continents and cultures. From his early beginnings in India to

2025
Short Film
Lifting Together

Lifting Together

Lifting Together follows national record-holding weightlifter Harmanpreet Kaur and her husband-coach Sukhwinderpal Singh Padda in Punjab. It's a story of shared dedication, the challenges facing women in sport, and a partnership that's strong on and off the platform.

2025|Shahbaz Bajwa
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Mitti

Mitti

Jasleen Kaur, a pulmonologist from Ohio, returns to her family's ancestral village in Pakistan — a journey across the partition line that changed everything.

2025
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Patterns and Contrasts - Episode 1 - Hong Kong

A documentary portrait of Hong Kong's art world — its galleries, street artists, and institutions — and the creative energy that pulses through one of Asia's most distinctive cities.

2025
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Raah-e-Nanak

Filmmaker Rose follows her brother Heather to the Spiti Valley in the Himalayas, where he quietly delivers supplies to remote Buddhist communities — and finds Guru Nanak in every act of kindness along the way.

2025
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Ride by Turbanators

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Ride by Turbanators

Across the vast landscapes of Canada, a unique brotherhood roars to life on two wheels. From coast to coast, Sikh motorcycle clubs unite riders bound not just by their love of the open road, but by their unwavering commitment to serve

2025|DAVINDER SINGH
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Saka Sirhind - Martydom of Younger Sahibzadey

Saka Sirhind is an animated documentary about Baba Zorawar Singh, 9, and Baba Fateh Singh, 7, who chose martyrdom over abandoning their faith in 1704. It brings the story of Sikh history's youngest martyrs to life through animation.

2025|Professor Narindra Singh - Commodore (Retd)
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Threads of Life

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Threads of Life

2025|AMOLAK SINGH
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Water Warriors

Water Warriors

Punjab calls itself the land of five rivers, but it barely has two and a half. Water Warriors follows Dr. Manjeet Singh and the river cleanup movement he started one Sunday with a plastic bag.

2025|GURDEEP DHALIWAL
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A Leap of Faith

A Sikh businessman raised in Kobe, Japan reflects on identity, family, and what it means to stay true to your faith while building a life far from your roots.

2024|Taylor Green
Short Film
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Bold Helmets

Tina Singh is an occupational therapist who noticed a gap nobody else was filling: Sikh kids needed helmets that fit over their dastaar. So she made them.

2024|DAVINDER SINGH
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Empowering Dreams

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Empowering Dreams

The Sikh Human Development Foundation runs a scholarship program that gives Indian students from low-income families the chance to build the futures their talent deserves.

2024|AMOLAK SINGH
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Guru Da Kender

Guru Da Kender

A Sikh residential educational center in India gives underprivileged youth access to music, academics, and a path toward self-sufficiency.

2024|Amolak Singh
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Lankershim Gurdwara

It is a documentary about the gurudwara itself and the facilities it provides to all the needy people.

2024|AMOLAK SINGH
Short Film
Patka Box

Patka Box

Rosie Kaur created the Patka Box to help Ontario schools understand and support Sikh students. Over 3,000 boxes later, she's still going.

2024|DAVINDER SINGH
Documentary
Portrait of a Punjabi Woman

Portrait of a Punjabi Woman

Portrait of a Punjabi Woman Through Her Dreams, Work, and Family, offers an intimate exploration of a day in the life of Gurmeet Kaur. It portrays the experiences of a rural punjabi woman who dedicates her existence primarily to the

2024|GURDEEP SINGH
Documentary
Pothimala

Pothimala

Hidden in the heart of Punjab, Pothimala has stood since 1745, its foundation laid by Guru Jiwan Mal. Hundreds of ancient paintings cover its walls, stories of faith, love and our ancestors, made by artisans whose work has quietly held on for nearly three centuries.

2024|GURDEEP SINGH
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Reviving Roots

Reviving Roots

When Partition forced millions to flee, Kalyan Singh's family stayed in Pakistan to safeguard their language and heritage. He became Pakistan's first Sikh professor and made it his mission to bring Gurmukhi, the sacred script of the Sikhs, into the country's classrooms.

2024|Nida Arif
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Rhymes with Hunger

Rhymes with Hunger

At the University of Denver, a Sikh Langar feeds hundreds of students and teaches them something about community that no syllabus could.

2024
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Rising Above-the Kamal Singh Story

Kamal Singh grew up in a humble working-class family in India and discovered ballet at 17, almost a decade later than most professional dancers. He's now the first European Indian ballet dancer most of his peers have ever met, performing across Europe while still reciting Japji Sahib every day.

2024|AMIT KAUR
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Sikhism in Chiang Mai

Sikhism in Chiang Mai

Sikhism in Chiang Mai profiles a Sikh tailor living in the northern Thailand town of Chiang Mai. He and his family strive to preserve the Sikh faith in Chiang Mai, running a successful business as a tailor while contributing to the robust Sikh community all around them.

2024
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Sparks of Change

Sparks of Change

Sparks of Change follows Prakash Singh, a Pakistani activist who nurtures young Sikh minds through education and cultural advocacy. The film showcases how his efforts are reviving Khalsa traditions and empowering Pakistan's Sikh youth to make their mark on the world.

2024|Shahbaz Khan
Documentary

Stranger in a Strange Land

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Stranger in a Strange Land

A Stranger in a Strange land offers a profile of a Sikh man living in Kobe, Japan, who works to keep the Sikh faith alive in this small city outside of Kyoto.

2024
Short Film

The Gurdwara Committee (PDV #2)

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The Gurdwara Committee (PDV #2)

A fictional Gurdwara committee is trying to improve its community service score — and discovers that the principle of Vand Chakko (sharing what you have) applies to a lot more than food.

2024
Short Film

The Journey of USM

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The Journey of USM

United Sikh Mission has run over 700 eye camps, installed solar power at Gurdwaras across Punjab, built a health center, and distributed food through COVID — and this film makes the case for continuing that work.

2024
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The Khalsa Centre- Simran, Seva, Sangat

The Khalsa Centre- Simran, Seva, Sangat

Seventy-five young campers at Khalsa Centre spend their summer learning Sikh values, making films with Sikhlens, and discovering what community really means.

2024|Davinder Singh
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The Sikh Scholar

Gurinder Singh Mann has spent 25 years building the scholarly and physical record of Sikh history — from Oxford University Press publications to a 3D museum installation at the Royal Armouries.

2024
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American Sikh

Born in DC, Vishwajit Singh cut his hair, searched for identity, and eventually became Captain America in a turban — a cartoonist challenging what an American can look like.

2023|RYAN WESTRA, VISHAVJIT SINGH
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Apna Farz

Apna Farz follows Pal Kharoud and his team as they rescue the mentally ill, the abandoned, and the destitute from the streets of Punjab. What began with one shocking discovery in a hospital parking lot became a society devoted to restoring dignity to people everyone else had given up on.

2023|DAVINDER MAHUN
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Badlaav

From Kartarpur Sahib's Muslim caretakers to a Thai child shouting Jaikara in perfect Punjabi, Sikh sacred traditions are crossing borders most people don't even know exist. Badlaav means "change," and this film shows it happening.

2023|OJASWWEE SHARMA
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Basera

A portrait of Akaal Bhrid Ashram, a Sikh old age home where the elderly find shelter, dignity, and community in their final years.

2023|DAVINDER MAHUN
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Breaking Barriers: The Manka Dhingra Story

Manka Dhingra made history as the first Sikh woman elected to the Washington State Senate — and her story is about far more than a single election.

2023
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Bruce Singh the Lumberjack

A children's read-aloud animated film about Bruce, a giant Sikh lumberjack whose size is only matched by his heart.

2023
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Connecting the Dots

Pakistani architect Ravav is restoring a forgotten Gurdwara inside the ancient walls of Rohtas Fort — a quiet act of preservation across religious lines.

2023|Salman Alam Khan
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Dreams

Diljot turned away from acting and toward something harder: running the DreamBuds Foundation, helping underprivileged children follow dreams of their own.

2023|AMOLAK SINGH
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Hidden Histories: The Sikh Migration Path to Canada

Over 100 years of Sikh pioneers in Canada — the Komagata Maru, the women who came after, and the resilience that built a community despite everything working against it.

2023|Kashif Alvi
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Lord and Lady Singh

Lord Indarjit Singh, the first turbaned member of Parliament and voice of BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day for over 35 years, and Lady Dr Kamaljeet Kaur Singh, a trailblazing educator and President of the Global Sikh Council, share their story of faith, service, and quiet defiance in Britain.

2023|Juggy Sohal, Harjus Singh
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Maa-Aneesha

Two siblings travel to Punjab to investigate the circumstances of their mother's death — a fictional narrative about family, truth, and the silence around domestic violence.

2023|ANEESHA MADHOK
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh And Return of The Koh- I- Noor Diamond

A historical drama in which Maharaja Ranjit Singh rescues Shah Shuja from captivity and acquires the legendary Koh-i-Noor diamond in return.

2023|Tirath Singh
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One Beat Full Documentry (Directors Cut)

One Beat chronicles American Sikh Bahadur Singh's inspirational work providing free healthcare and medical training to underserved communities in rural India for over 20 years.

2023
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Resilience of Faith

A Sikh family stays in Pakistan after Partition to protect holy Gurudwaras, and their descendant Ramesh Singh becomes a parliamentarian championing Sikh heritage. The film also explores the Kartarpur Corridor and the challenges facing religious minorities in Pakistan.

2023|Salman Alam
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Sacred Threads in Lima

A Sikh man in Lima, Peru — turbaned, running a tour business, raising his family, and translating the Guru Granth Sahib into Spanish — holds his faith without compromise in South America.

2023
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Sarbat Da Bhala (Hoshiarpur Langar Sewa)

Sarbat Da Bhala documents a Punjab-based langar initiative that serves over 50,000 free meals daily to anyone in need. The film reveals the massive volunteer operation behind it and its expansion into education, medical aid, and community support.

2023|OJASWWEE SHARMA
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The Stevia Story

The Stevia Story follows a Punjab family that built India's first stevia processing unit and fought to get the natural sweetener government-approved. The film presents their "Sweet Revolution" as a sustainable solution for farmers, public health, and the environment.

2023|AMOLAK SINGH
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Jitt De Nishan (The Signs of Victory)

Jitt De Nishan follows Bapu Nahar Singh and his wife Jind Kaur, a Sikh couple from Punjab who survived the 1947 Partition, the 1984 anti-Sikh violence, and the 2020 Farmer Protests, losing loved ones in each era yet standing firm in faith and service.

2022|Simratpal Saini, Davinder Singh Mahun
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Largest Free Eye Camps in Punjab (Silver Lining)

2022|OJASWWEE SHARMA
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Light and the Load

Documentary on Farmer's protest

2022|Harjeet Singh Oberoi
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Okra King

Prajant Singh Samra left Punjab for California and became the "Okra King," farming over 400 acres in the Coachella Valley — an immigrant story rooted in soil.

2022|Hansjeet Duggal
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Powering the Gurdwaras of Punjab with Solar Energy (USM Power Project)

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Powering the Gurdwaras of Punjab with Solar Energy (USM Power Project)

United Sikh Mission installed 1.2 megawatts of solar panels at the Golden Temple and other Gurdwaras in Punjab, saving over 2,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.

2022|OJASWWEE SHARMA
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Allegory Episode 1

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Allegory Episode 1

Amardeep Singh retraces Guru Nanak's travels across nine countries using the earliest historical texts, walking a path that has never been mapped quite like this before.

2021|Amardeep Singh, Vininder Kaur
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Allegory Episode 3

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Allegory Episode 3

2021|Amardeep Singh, Vininder Kaur
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Art Finds Its Way

A miniature artist from Uttar Pradesh carves portraits on almonds, holds nine world records, and once spent 75 sleepless hours sketching 45 martyred soldiers. For Aman Singh Gulati, no canvas is too small.

2021|OJASWWEE SHARMA
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Jallianwala Repression and Retribution

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Jallianwala Repression and Retribution

2021
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Kites - Beyond Boundaries

Dr. Devinderpal Singh Sehgal spent decades examining crime scenes as a forensic ballistics expert, and found peace in the unlikeliest place: kite flying. He holds world records for kites so small they pass through the eye of a needle.

2021|OJASWWEE SHARMA
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Peaceful Mind

2021|Pardeep Singh Matharu
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Sikhs Serving Humanity

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Sikhs Serving Humanity

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sikh organizations around the world scaled up their service operations — some to more than 3,000 meals a day — because feeding people in a crisis is what they do.

2021|Ojaswwee Sharma
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Soul of Sikhism - Aman Singh Gulati

Aman Singh Gulati depicts artwork on almonds to convey and depict important messages of Sikh Guru

2021|OJASWEE SHARMA
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The Stone that hit Maharaja Ranjit Singh

Two boys steal mangoes during a royal celebration, accidentally hit Maharaja Ranjit Singh with a stone — and instead of punishment, he gives them gold coins.

2021|Tirath Singh
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Anmol

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Anmol

Anne Mulsou-Dicor grew up Sikh and French in the Bobigny suburbs of Paris, navigating identity, education, and what it means to be a woman in two cultures at once.

2020|Daryl Brown, Jacquelin Dang, Jordan Prieto-Valdés, Samantha Thomas
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Becoming Atma

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Becoming Atma

A French Catholic named Olivier discovers Japji Sahib and becomes Atma Singh. Then tragedy strikes, his wife dies in a mountain accident, and he's left raising their daughter alone while running a medicinal tea business rooted in Sikh values.

2020|Haylie Bantle, CassidyJo Fortin, Gianna Gravalese, Nikki Purewal
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The Cheez that Binds Us

Italian-speaking Punjabi Sikh farmers make Parmesan cheese in Northern Italy and integrate into Italian society, teaching Italians about Sikhism.

2020|Sareena Sandhu
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The Sardar of Conde-Sur-Vire

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The Sardar of Conde-Sur-Vire

Vivek Pal Singh came from Maharashtra to France as a student, married a French woman, joined local politics, and started handing out Sikh information sheets at football games.

2020|Stephen Ragsdale, Rishabh Thakkar, Kashif Alvi, Josh Mathews
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Uprooted

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Uprooted

France's 2004 law banning religious symbols in schools hit Sikh students hard — they can't get ID cards, driving licenses, or passports without removing their turban.

2020
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turBAN

France's 2004 ban on religious symbols in schools pushed Sikh students out of education and off official ID documents — and left a generation asking why their country forgot who liberated it.

2020|Rishabh Thakkar, Kashif Alvi, Stephen Ragsdale, Josh Mathews
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Chaurassi

A film that circles the events of 1984 and their long shadow, exploring what memory, justice, and survival mean for those who lived through it.

2019|OJASWEE SHARMA
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Going Home

A group of American Sikhs travels to Pakistan to visit the historical sites their families left behind at Partition, and finds that home is not always where you live.

2019|Salman Alam Khan
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International Coin Mafia

A fictional Sikh activist who collects coins gets caught up in an effort to recover priceless Sikh heritage looted during the violence of 1984.

2019
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Scars: 100 Years of Jallianwala Bagh

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Scars: 100 Years of Jallianwala Bagh

One hundred years after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, the descendants of those who survived are still carrying stories the history books don't tell.

2019|OJASWEE SHARMA
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Benediction

A film about blessings, saints, and the spiritual community that forms around those who give without reservation and ask for nothing in return.

2018|VINAY BHOLA (Creative Director)
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Growing Life (Shades of Indigo - Blueberries)

Two Sikh brothers farm blueberries and macadamias in Woolgoolga, Australia, keeping a farming tradition alive on the other side of the world from where it began.

2018|Stephawn Christopher Spears, Zhan Floyd Luo
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Jutti Kasoori

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Jutti Kasoori

From the 1890s to today, Punjabi and Sikh women built a community in Yuba City, California. This film tells their story across more than a century of California history.

2018|DR. NICOLE RANGANATH
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Knitted Beliefs

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Knitted Beliefs

In a village where faiths live side by side, this film explores the quiet bonds that form when belief becomes community rather than division.

2018|Salman Alam Khan
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Ride With Pride

Ride With Pride

Parampar Singh Rajput founded the Sikh Motorcycle Club in Australia and rides without a helmet, turban free in the wind — a man for whom freedom and faith are the same thing.

2018|Brynne McKee, Kylie Miller, Hulukoa Nunokawa, Kaustubh "Vick" Singh, Emily Tapanes
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River of Stories

River of Stories

The Australian Sikh Heritage Trail in Western Australia marks over a century of Sikh presence — honoring pioneers whose contributions have too long gone unrecognized.

2018|Sophie DeGreen, Mel Metcalfe
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Sardar Ji

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Sardar Ji

Sean Singh reflects on the life of his father, Siddharth Herbal Singh — India's legendary hockey coach who turned down a lucrative offer from Germany to stay loyal to his country.

2018|SHAMOLA KHARKAR, HANSJEET DUGGAL, ADITYA AKASH
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Seeking Balance

Seeking Balance

Daya Singh left accountancy for Sikh sacred music, took it out of the Gurdwara and onto world stages — and spent 25 years navigating the controversy that followed.

2018|Benjamin Allen
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She is Strong (Culture Strong)

She is Strong (Culture Strong)

Finding the balance between raising a daughter and pursuing a wrestling career

2018|Brynne McKee, Kylie Miller, Hulukoa Nunokawa, Kaustubh "Vick" Singh, Emily Tapanes
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Style with Kaur

Style with Kaur

Karan Kaur started Style With Kaur in 2014. Australia's first Sikh fashion blogger, a turban she chose in senior year, and Indian wear cut on western lines.

2018|SKYE BARCLAY
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Winner of Peace

Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa is a first-generation Australian Sikh and a spoken word artist from Perth. She's a youth commissioner with the Victorian Multicultural Commission, and her mum named her Winner of Peace.

2018|Damian Kessler
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A True Gold - Baba Sewa Singh

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A True Gold - Baba Sewa Singh

A saint from Punjab's Khadur Sahib has spent decades building roads, bridges, and schools with no motive beyond love for humanity. Baba Sewa Singh proves that true gold isn't found in temples, it's found in service.

2017|Harjus Singh
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All Quiet on The Homefront

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All Quiet on The Homefront

Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind served in the US Army in WWI, then spent years fighting a different battle: the right to be recognized as American.

2017
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Dr. Ji

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Dr. Ji

Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind served America in World War I, then fought all the way to the Supreme Court to be recognized as its citizen. His story changed history.

2017|Jeff Swimmer & Mel Metcalfe III
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Drawn From Life

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Drawn From Life

A UK Sikh pencil artist with Asperger's syndrome stopped drawing for 13 years. When he picked up the pencil again, he found his way back to himself and his faith.

2017|Spencer Santini, Celine Francois, Adrienne von Wolffersdorff, Meghan Wells
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Faith: A Passage Through India

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Faith: A Passage Through India

American college students, none of them Sikh, visit India and find themselves changed by an encounter with the Golden Temple they weren't expecting.

2017|Nikki Purewal
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Seva: The Selfless Mission

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Seva: The Selfless Mission

A profile of Randeep Singh Lall, a Sikh man who lives in Southall, west London. He established a non-profit organization called S.W.A.T (Sikh Welfare and Awareness Team) to help the homeless and other troubled souls around the UK. He

2017|Perry Wasserman, Dora Siyi Wu, Jen Zhouwenyue Xu
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She Who Questions

Trishna grew up in a Scottish Sikh community where women were expected to leave school at 13 — so she built an organization to change it.

2017|Spencer Santini
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Sikh Heritage in Iran

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Sikh Heritage in Iran

A Sikh Gurdwara has operated in Tehran for decades — this film got rare access inside, and found a community that has been quietly gathering for generations.

2017
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Sikhing Love (Seeking Love)

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Sikhing Love (Seeking Love)

2017|ZACH GELMAN, JACK MULLINKOSSON
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Tigerstyle

Tigerstyle are two Sikh brothers from Scotland who produced white label mixes for Eminem, 50 Cent, and Busta Rhymes — then built a career making conscious Punjabi music on their own terms.

2017
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Warrior Kaur

Harleen Kaur is 18, holds a second-dan black belt in karate, competed at World level in Malta, and is training with the 2024 Olympics in her sights.

2017|Spencer Santini, Meghan Wells, Celine Francois, Adrienne Von Wolffersdorff
Documentary

Gurunanak Matth

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Gurunanak Matth

Amongst the city bustle of Kathmandu there is a small sign on the side of the road that reads Guru Nank Math. It's an easy to miss sign leading up to a flight of steps to the mystical shrine. The shrine is sacred to Hindus and Sikhs alike,

2016|SAMANTHA ANDRE & MICHAEL BARTH
Short Film

Jombola

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Jombola

Sukhdev Singh invented the world's newest racket sport: a foam ball, a solid stringless racket, and a modified badminton court. His goal is the Olympics by 2032.

2016|Samantha Andre, Michael Barth
Short Film
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L-Fresh The Lion

L-Fresh the Lion is a Sikh hip-hop artist in Sydney making music about identity, racism, and the culture he refuses to lose.

2016|Benjamin Yates
Documentary

Last Man Standing

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Last Man Standing

In Malawi, a small Sikh community descended from the original railway workers has been there for generations — and they're still standing.

2016|Sean Ahluwalia, Kyle Decker, Tay Kitts, Jeremiah Thompson
Documentary

Pipe Dreams

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Pipe Dreams

A Sikh pipe band of 40 members competes at the World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland — and discovers that getting there is only the beginning.

2016|Samantha Andre & Michael Barth
Short Film

The Lone Guru of Pashupatinath

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The Lone Guru of Pashupatinath

In the heart of Kathmandu’s stunning Pashupati funeral pyres, a world renowned destination for Hindu burials along the river, lies a Gurdwara run by a single man for decades. Once a place for drinking and gambling, our Guru cleaned up the

2016|Samantha Andre, Michael Barth
Short Film

The Next President of Malawi

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The Next President of Malawi

The wife of a third-generation Malawian Sikh ran for president of Malawi — and ran into election rigging, a burning ballot warehouse, and a corruption scandal that had hollowed out the state.

2016|SEAN AHLUWALIA, KYLE DECKER, TAY KITTS, JEREMIAH THOMPSON
Documentary

California Yankee

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California Yankee

Dasvinder Singh grew up in California with Kirtan in his bones, then made the unlikely choice to leave everything behind and move to the Golden Temple.

2015|Marthand Bindana, Valli Bindana
Documentary

Khalsa Rising

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Khalsa Rising

Ravi Singh and Khalsa Aid go where no one else will — UK floods, Lebanon, Iraq — doing the work of seva at a global scale without asking anything in return.

2015|Mor Albalak, Bryce Cyrier and Emmy Gyori
Documentary

Narry the Tailor

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Narry the Tailor

Narry runs a Sikh family bespoke tailoring business in Thailand, bringing Punjabi craftsmanship to Bangkok's fabric markets for over 35 years.

2015|Ceylan Carhoglu, Kayla Summer Velloso
Short Film

Small Fish, Big Pond

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Small Fish, Big Pond

Jaranjit Singh moved to Chiang Mai, Thailand — a city that is 70% foreign — and became the head priest of its Gurdwara. He found exactly the community he was looking for.

2015|Jack Sample, Matthew Tanner
Documentary

Still

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Still

Graham Short engraves between his own heartbeats. His most recent work was a Khanda symbol on the point of a needle — inspired by the Sikh temple in Handsworth, Birmingham.

2015|Mor Albalak, Bryce Cyrier and Emmy Gyori
Short Film

The Lion That Lost His Roar

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The Lion That Lost His Roar

Prince Victor Albert Jay de Leip Singh — grandson of Maharaja Ranjit Singh — was the first Sikh at Eton and Sandhurst. The British government made sure he never rose beyond aide-de-camp.

2015|Kulbir Colin Singh Dhillon
Documentary

Chardi Kala

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Chardi Kala

Artist Kiran Kaur paints and explains Chardikala — the Sikh philosophy of eternal optimism that says the glass is always half full, without exception.

2014|Ameet Auntie
Short Film

Green Guru

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Green Guru

Guru Nanak taught that the earth is our mother and air our Guru. This film explores how that philosophy is being lived out today through solar panels at the Golden Temple and beyond.

2014|Michael Singh
Documentary

Higher Than Everest

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Higher Than Everest

Major HPS Ahluwalia summited Everest, then became paraplegic, and then founded India's leading spinal injury center. He never stopped climbing.

2014|Samantha Andre, Aidan Evans
Short Film
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Red, White, and Beard

Vishwajit Singh is a Sikh cartoonist from DC who became Captain America in a turban — challenging what an American can look like, one street encounter at a time.

2014|Ben Fischinger, Matthew Rogers, Ryan Westra
Documentary

Riding the Tiger

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Riding the Tiger

Mike Singh, half-Sikh and half-white, filmed the 1984 anti-Sikh massacres in Delhi with a hidden camera — a personal history that rewrites what we think we know.

2014|Michael Singh
Documentary

Road to Madalay

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Road to Madalay

A short documentary on the Sikh community who have lived in Burma(Myanmar) since the 1860s and how the Sikhs fought the invadingJapanese army in 1942. It tells the story of the proud Sikhs who, as aminority, have become hugely successful

2014|Bobby Singh Bansil

Superfan

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Superfan

Nav came to Canada as a 1984 refugee, sold 127 cars in four months, and became the Toronto Raptors' most recognizable fan — a story about belonging, basketball, and not taking a single day for granted.

2014|Shon Gill, Drew Moe, Frederick Bourbon
Documentary
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The Struggle to Serve

Three Sikh soldiers — a dentist, a doctor who earned a Bronze Star in Afghanistan, and a corporal — spent years fighting for the right to serve the US military while keeping their turban and beard.

2014|Ben Fischinger, Matthew Rogers, Ryan Westra
Documentary
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When a Tree Falls

When a Tree Falls examines the aftermath of 1984 through the voices of survivors, their families, and victims' rights lawyer H.S. Phoolka. Thirty years on, it asks how those events changed the Sikh community.

2014|Samantha Andre, Aidan Evans, Ryan Westra
Documentary
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Invisible Identity

Fifth grader Amrit Chawla was bullied at school for his Sikh turban. The Kaur Foundation's mission is to create awareness of the Sikh identity.

2013|Jasper Bernbaum, Ashley Moradipour
Documentary
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Niam

Bhajan Singh was principal at Si Ling Secondary School in Singapore, where 16 of 2,000 students were Sikh. He started the Singapore Sikh Education Foundation to teach Punjabi and pass on Sikh values.

2013|Austin Cherry
Short Film
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Onkar

Onkar Singh is a Sikh rapper who goes by MC Encore. Cutting his hair would help sell more records, and after he helps a girl who gets robbed, his father says he's proud of what he did.

2013|Reghu Shanker
Documentary
Proud Mothers

Proud Mothers

Two insecure mothers meet at a bus stop and one-up each other about how successful their sons are.

2013|Shayna Cohen
Short Film
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Seeking Ensaaf

Ensaaf field workers, including Ravneet Singh and Kuljit Singh, record what families in Punjab's villages lived through. Co-founders Jaskaran Kaur and Sukhman Dhami are building a record of the abuses.

2013|David Thompson, Andrew Heskett, Ryan Westra Perry Wasserman, Dora Siyi Wu, Jen Zhouwenyue Xu
Documentary
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The Lions of London

Sikhs were less than 2% of India's population and about 22% of the British forces in the First World War. The film follows that service from the Western Front to Brighton's Royal Pavilion.

2013|Samantha André, Carly Berryhill
Documentary
The Sikhs of Kabul

The Sikhs of Kabul

In 2012, Sikh families in Kabul describe small shops, no government help, and rooms in the gurdwara. Their children don't have schools of their own, and several say they want to leave for India.

2013|Bobby Singh Bansal
Documentary
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We're Not Strangers

Satpal Singh Sidhu traces the 1907 Bellingham riots, when a mob drove Punjabi mill workers out of town. A century later, neighbors still called the Sikhs strangers.

2013|SPENCER CREIGH
Documentary
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Breaking the Silence

Raj, a Sikh boy in a turban, wins a national science competition with his research on cochlear implants — and discovers that his difference is also his strength.

2012|SAMANTHA ANDRE, CARLY BERRYHILL
Short Film
I Run While Talking to God

I Run While Talking to God

Fauja Singh was the world's oldest marathon runner. A Punjabi farmer who couldn't read, he started running at 89 to survive his grief, and he talked to God in the last six miles of every race.

2012|Jessica Deutchman, James Parker
Documentary
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Leaving Our Mark

SALDEF's Sikh Lead internship program places young Sikhs on Capitol Hill, giving them a seat at the table and the skills to hold it.

2012
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Sikh Formaggio

Sikh workers from Punjab arrived in Lombardy in the late 1990s to make Parmigiano-Reggiano. A generation later, their children are in Italian universities — and still figuring out who they are.

2012|Katie Wise, Devyn Bisson, Dan Duran
Documentary
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The Singh Twins

2012|Ariel Fisher, Tyler Gurd, Jacob Taylor, David Thompson
Documentary
Humble the Poet

Humble The Poet

Kanwer Singh, known as Humble the Poet, built a career in rap and spoken word by being exactly who he is: a Sikh kid from Toronto who refused to perform anyone else's version of cool.

2011|Brendan Nahmias, Ruth Paul
Documentary
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Pingalwara: A Special Home

Pingalwara in Amritsar takes in everyone society turns away: the disabled, the orphaned, the terminally ill. Dr. Inderjit Kaur runs it as a living act of faith.

2011|Gurmeet K. Sodhi
Documentary
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Sikligar

Hargun Singh's family forged weapons for Guru Gobind Singh and still works as blacksmiths. Girls in the film, including Tina Kaur and Madhu, are learning to sew so they can work.

2011|MANDEEP SETHI
Documentary
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The Air Over There

Air Over There explores the bond between two sisters separated by oceans—one in India, one in the US—who remain deeply connected despite the distance. The film weaves their personal story of reunion and empathy with a proud reflection on Sikh faith and identity.

2011|Matt Diamond, James Parker, Ruby Stocking
Documentary
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Flying Sikhs - A History of Sikhs Fighter Pilots

The history of Sikh fighter pilots in WWI and WWII, told through the story of Mahindra Singh Pujji, the last survivor of that remarkable generation.

2010|Navdeep Kandola
Documentary
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Uncommon Journeys

Uncommon Journeys provides brief glimpses into the livs of five people who have taken a different path from the traditional Sikh careers of doctor, lawyer or engineer. Fist is London-based Indi Kaur, a 20-something star musician,

2010|Michael Singh
Documentary

Andretta Artists' Village

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Andretta Artists' Village

A poetic journey through Andretta, the artist village in Himachal Pradesh born from Norah Richards’ dream. The film traces its evolution from theater roots to a living haven for potters, painters, and creators.

Becoming Siri Kartar

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Becoming Siri Kartar

*Becoming Siri Kartar* follows an Italian woman’s spiritual awakening as she transforms into Siri Kartar Kaur Khalsa. Her journey into Sikhi reveals a profound story of faith, identity, and rebirth.

Beyond Borders (Swarn Singh Kahlon)

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Beyond Borders (Swarn Singh Kahlon)

Swarn Singh Kahlon, an 87-year-old Sikh traveler who has visited 81 countries, is renowned for his works documenting the global Sikh diaspora. In his upcoming book, he shifts focus to explore Sikh communities within India beyond Punjab.

Brothers in Turban: The Sikh Soldiers in Italy

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Brothers in Turban: The Sikh Soldiers in Italy

*The Sikh Soldiers in Italy* uncovers the forgotten story of Sikh troops who fought on Italian soil during World War II. Through archives and personal voices, the film pays tribute to their bravery and sacrifice.

Bruin Bhangra

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Bruin Bhangra

This documentary captures the energy and spirit of Bruin Bhangra, the student-led Bhangra team at the University of California, Los Angeles.

In Search of Punjab: The Story of Iqbal Qaiser

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In Search of Punjab: The Story of Iqbal Qaiser

*The Keeper of Lost Heritage* follows Iqbal Qaiser, a historian and poet who has spent decades uncovering Sikh and Jain heritage in Pakistan. His work revives forgotten sites and bridges communities through shared history.

Khalsa Gurmat School

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Khalsa Gurmat School

*Khalsa Gurmat School* explores a Kent-based institution devoted to teaching Punjabi language and Sikh values. The film highlights how the school nurtures faith, community, and cultural pride among Sikh Americans.

Patterns & Contrasts: Paris

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Patterns & Contrasts: Paris

Beyond its fashion runways, Paris reveals a layered city of hidden cultures, histories, and everyday stories. From grassroots creatives to a turbaned deputy mayor, the film uncovers a more intimate, unexpected Paris.

Patterns & Contrasts: Stuttgart

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Patterns & Contrasts: Stuttgart

Once an industrial powerhouse, Stuttgart now faces change as its manufacturing legacy fades. In response, a new generation is reshaping the city into a vibrant hub of art, music, and creativity.

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Peter Singh's Green Home

In the heart of polluted Delhi, one couple builds a green sanctuary where clean air and healing thrive."

Ranjit Gatka Akhada

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Ranjit Gatka Akhada

*Sons of the Khalsa* follows young Sikh Americans embracing their faith and heritage as Amritdhari Sikhs. Through Gatka and horse riding, they reconnect with ancestral traditions and reaffirm their cultural identity.

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Robes of Justice

Harbans Singh missed entering the British Civil Service by just two marks. He studied at Lincoln's Inn, topped his exams, and retired as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

|Gurdeep Dhariwal

Roots and Reflections

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Roots and Reflections

*Echoes of Wisdom* captures the voices of elder community members preserving their life lessons for future generations. Its first episode profiles Amrit Kaur, an 87-year-old whose resilience and joy continue to inspire.

The Rababis

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The Rababis

*The Last Rababis* tells the story of Muslim musicians descended from Bhai Mardana, keepers of Sikh sacred music for centuries. The film preserves their fading legacy as they stand on the brink of silence.

Uncut Hair, Unbound Land

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Uncut Hair, Unbound Land

Unbound Land follows Sikhs across South America, exploring why they chose Sikhism, what they sacrificed, and how a 500-year-old faith finds new meaning in the 21st century when spoken in Portuguese, Spanish, and the cultures & languages of the diaspora.

|Hansjeet Singh

Yuba City: A Tale of One City

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Yuba City: A Tale of One City

Set amid Yuba City's farmlands, this film captures one of America's largest Sikh communities, where Punjabi and American identities intertwine. Through seasons of farming and faith, it's a story of resilience and belonging.