As they are pursued across India, Rachel discovers the nation, while Pico discovers his own identity. The two come to the attention of a terrorist organization that wants to kidnap them. Gandotra is currently working on a feature-lengh film based on the story of The Road Home, calling it a “ a coming-of-age, adventure road movie.” In the new version, Pico runs away from Woodstock with Rachel, an American female classmate. The professional DVD includes an additional 92 minutes of commentary. One of the highlights of the packet is a 5-minute commentary on the film, with Van Reken, Gandotra, and Third Culture Kid expert Heidi Tunberg talking about TCKs. The final result is the full professional version of the DVD (available for purchase here). On her own, Van Reken recruited people from around the world who created a set of resources for the sampler packet. “She felt,” he says, “that she had the right to literally push and harass me into making this DVD.” When he sent the video to her, he was, he says, “floored and shocked by what she said.” She wanted him to put the film on DVD so everyone could see it, and even though he was busy with the film-festival circuit she persisted. In Gandotra’s “Welcome” clip, he tells how Van Reken was instrumental in getting the packet put together. That’s why this film is so needed and important.Īt the film’s website, you can enter your email address to receive a “sampler” packet of commentaries, interviews, web resources, and-best of all-a link to watch the entire 23-minute film online. They also understood only too well how the frustration Pico felt of not being known by other as he knows himself to be and how that frustration comes out in a way others see as anger instead of pain.īest of all, The Road Home reminds us of one of the most fundamental truths for our globalizing world: until we know each person’s story, we cannot make judgments of who that person is regardless of skin color or apparent ethnicity. Sadness as they identified so deeply with the pain Pico feels when others assume who he is by outward appearance rather than by his life experiences. Joy that what they had felt but been unable to articulate for their whole lives was finally given voice. Just three weeks ago, I watched as two people watched this with tears of both joy and sadness streamed down their faces. Later, when Van Reken previewed The Road Home, she wrote the following on the film’s IMDb site: Any one who has had an outsider experience or has left their country can relate to this movie. I realized these are the type of people I am making the film for and that this film is for anyone who questions where they are from, at any time of their life. “That book described me really well,” he says. In an interview with Jedda Blog, Gandotra says that while he was filming in India, he was introduced to David Pollock and Ruth Van Reken’s book Third Culture Kids: Growing Up among Worlds.
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