Eleven year old Seema has issues with her skin colour. Surrounded by the white kids of her community, and inundated by her masi’s (aunt) opinion that fair skin is better, Seema resorts to drastic measures to bleach her skin.
Seema mistakenly believed that using Mr. Clean on her skin will lead to a fairer, more beautiful colour. When Seema ends up in the hospital an unsuspecting character helps her understand skin colour isn’t what defines the person - it’s what’s beneath that counts.
Me, Masi & Mr. Clean was made with the financial assistance of the CSIF Fluff fund and The Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
Our post-production crew consists of editor Jonathan Baltrusaitis, Twisted Pair Sound’s Patrick Butler, composer Philip Fournier, sitar artist Dr. Seema Ganatra and animation artist Dan Dumouchel.
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
World Premiere - 2007 Edmonton International Film Festival
American Premiere - 2007 South Asian International Film Festival (New York, New York)
European Premiere - 2007 Cinema Rome Film Festival
Asian Premiere - 2008 Chinh India Kids Film Festival (New Dehli, India)Silver Award for Best Early Education Film!!!!
Reel Fun Film Festival - 2008 (Calgary, Alberta)
Reel 2 Reel International Film Festival for Youth - 2008 (Vancouver, British Columbia)
White Sands International Film Festival - 2008 (Alamogordo, New Mexico)
Reelworld Film Festival - 2008 (Toronto, Ontario)
Yorkton Film Festival - 2008 (Yorkton, Saskatchewan)
Golden Sheaf Nomination for Best Children’s Program!!!
Awesome Indies International Film Festival - 2008 (Ottawa, Ontario)
10th Annual Roxbury Film Festival - 2008 (Boston, Massachusetts)
Kids First! Film Festival - 2008 (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Bayou City Inspiration Film Festival - 2008 (Houston, Texas)
BCIFF Honorable Mention
Washougal International Film Festival - 2008 (Washougal, Washington)
ImagineASIAN Film Day - 2008 (Calgary, Alberta)
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival - 2008 (Chicago, Illinois)
