When an ignorant supremacist gang unleashes its wrath on innocent Sikh-Americans with an agenda to eradicate all ‘Bin Laden’ look alikes, Balwinder Singh, a junior priest at a Gurudwara becomes an innocent victim. He is kidnapped, humiliated and abused to the core. Hunted down like an animal Balwinder reaches a point where his own prejudices and hatred surface. Blood is shed. Balwinder realizes his moment of weakness was wrong even if it was to save his life; he makes the ultimate sacrifice to amend
Director's Statement
We all face situations in our lives when the devil in us overshadows the basic human qualities of love, compassion and forgiveness that our family, religion
and culture have inculcated in us. The evil in us takes over, so to say. However, the devil has no repentance where as humans do, and this ultimate
realization leads to greater resolve and everlasting peace. As such, this story about human prejudice and hatred comes with the message that, for eternal
tranquility, humanity within us must prevail, not the devil.
Pema is a second generation Tibetan, born and raised in India. He is a Fulbright Scholar with a MFA degree in film production from University of Southern
California. He was awarded the BERNARD KANTOR PRODUCTION SCHOLARSHIP for his outstanding film work. He wrote, co-produced, and directed the first
Indo-Tibetan feature film titled “WE'RE NO MONKS” with Bollywood star Gulshan Grover in the lead. Pema shot the entire film on location in Dharamsala,
Himachal Pradesh, where the headquarters of the Dalai Lama has been established. Pema runs a production company, Clear Pema Dhondup Mirror Pictures, which
is developing several projects.
Website:
THE OATH” project:
www.clearmirrorpictures.com
Budget
$50,000.00
Production Plan
We plan to raise the entire budget so that production can commence from the beginning to end. Since some big names from Bollywood and Hollywood are being
pursued it is apparent that we make sure there is no hitch in the production.
Schedule
Once the total amount of $50,000 is raised, production will begin as below.
3 weeks of pre-production
1 week of shoot
5 weeks of post-production including deliverables
Distribution
The film will be sent to various festivals. Effort will be made to broadcast. Distribution to institutions including schools, colleges, universities,
libraries and organizations will be exploited with the partnership of a distributor.
Sikhlens Film Festival
The film will be presented at the next Sikhlens Film Festival in 2012.
