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Partner: USC – University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
Director:
Naomi Shroff-Mehta
Filmmaker's profile
When Ria, a 16-year-old Indian-American girl, sneaks into her family’s grocery store basement to use skin-lightening creams to impress her mother, she encounters a mysterious woman who promises her fairer and whiter skin for life.
Duration: 18min.
Country: United States of America (USA)
Language: English
Year: 2023
Genre: Fiction (Drama)
Topic: Asian, Coming of age, Horror, Identity
Director: Naomi Shroff-Mehta
Production company: University of Southern California
Writer: Naomi Shroff-Mehta
Cinematographer: Catalina Parra
Editor: Ted Beck
Actors: Ria - Ashwini Ganpule , Ma - Susie Abraham , The Woman - Elyse Ahmad ,
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