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The Gas Station Attendant

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A daughter explores the immigrant experience in America and the human capacity to love, dream, and survive through the story of her South Asian father—who worked as a gas station attendant.

Length

90 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

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Karla Murthy

Producer/Director

Karla Murthy is an Emmy-nominated producer and has been working on news documentaries for over 15 years as a producer, shooter, and correspondent. Columbia Journalism Review described her work as “compelling, informative and compassionate.” Karla’s award-winning feature The Place That Makes Us premiered on America ReFramed in 2021.

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Rajal Pitroda

Producer

Rajal Pitroda is a producer of fiction and nonfiction films. She most recently produced Down a Dark Stairwell, which premiered at the 2020 True/False Film Festival. Her work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, Black Public Media, Firelight Media, Chicken & Egg Pictures, the Tribeca Film Institute, SFFILM, and others.