In 1914, Mewa Singh Lopoke, fueled by systemic racism in Canada, taps into the revolutionary spirit. Visionary Sikh businessman Gurdit Singh, alongside 375 fellow passengers, sails on the daring voyage of the Guru Nanak Jahaz (Komagatamaru). At the heart of their journey lies a fight against the controversial Canadian direct voyage law and the harsh realities of diaspora dreams...
“Beneath the Grass” is set in 2008, capturing both the economic recession and the “Yes We Can” summer, and follows a single Latina mother whose illegal marijuana business is jeopardized when her young son befriends the new neighbors, a young white boy and his police officer grandfather.
