Jhanvi Motla

A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

A housekeeper from El Salvador brings her teenage son to help her clean an affluent family’s Los Angeles home. But after being told by her employers that immigration officers are searching for her, she accepts the invitation to shelter in their house until the crisis blows over. As days go by under the same roof, each family begins to question the other’s true intentions.

Recently widowed, Nitya Patel, leaves Mumbai to work at a motel owned by her distant cousin in the California desert. But within days of her arrival she learns that the motel’s survival depends on sinister outside forces and her willingness to preserve this second chance is put to the test.