The director is of South Asiatic origin, was born in Kenya, moved to England when she was nine, to the US when she was seventeen.
Fler unspectacular b/w tape strikingly conveys the dilemma of conflicfing cultural influences: Despite a strict orthodox upbringing, a young woman has got to know definitions of the woman's role outside that of deferential daughter or wife. Refusing to bow to the normative conventions of her environment, she puts up a fight, attempting to mediate a way between the cultures.