London Calling! filmmaker Tanuj Chopra will have the UK premeire of his award-winning Sundance film, Punching At The Sun, at the Declaration of Independence Film Festival later this week. It is the first South Asian feature length film to be in Sundance.

South Asian immigrant culture, post 9/11 politics, interracial relationships, violent streets, and the American firestorm of hip-hop culture all mix into a fierce concoction in Tanuj Chopra’s vibrant and spirited first feature, Punching at the Sun. Elmhurst, Queens, is a rough place for Mameet Nayak, a beautiful 17-year-old South Asian immigrant with a passion for basketball and a hair-trigger temper. It gets rougher when his older brother, Sanjay, is gunned down in the family convenience store.

More on the film and screening times here.
On June 5th there will also be an after-party at @ Horse Hospital from 9pm, hosted by DJ Rekha from NYC’s Basement Bhangra.
Contact: information@punchingatthesun.com.