Mervi Enqvist
Directing
Biography
Mervi Enqvist (b. 1970), also known by her Sikh name Inderjit Kaur Khalsa, is a Finnish film director and screenwriter, yoga instructor and author. She has received formal education in both acting and filmmaking.
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Sirpaleita
Power of the People is a touching film that gives voice to poet Laura Eklund Nhaga, who is searching for the right way for her to have an impact. The possibilities and impossibilities of activism are countless, and none are indisputably more effective than the rest. But, she wonders, if one’s very existence as part of Western hegemony is in itself political, can activism truly be a choice, or is it simply the only way to be?
Power of the People
The Boys of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn is a story of fathers and sons in three generations, their life choices and the consequences that follow. Grandfather, an ex-mobster, father, an ex-gangsta wannabe - now a turban wearing Sikh, and a hot tempered boy who lives across the ocean with his mom. After noticing her son's lack on interest towards his father, mother and son travel to New York to face the situation. After blaming her ex-husband for years she finally discovers the hidden reason why he is incapable of being present in their son's everyday life.
The Boys of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Propaganda film for peace. Feature length documentary about radical political protest in the 60s and its relevance to today.