Overview
- The feature has officially qualified for the 98th Academy Awards after a U.S. theatrical run and will contend for Best Original Screenplay, according to the makers.
- The Film Independent Sloan Distribution Grant provides strategic U.S. release support and designates Aranya Sahay and producer Mathivanan Rajendran as Film Independent Fellows.
- The film follows an Indigenous woman working at a rural data-annotation centre in India, exploring the labor, ethics and inequities behind machine learning.
- Executive producer Misaq Kazimi is leading the U.S. distribution strategy as impact screenings kick off with a weeklong Los Angeles showcase and events at UCLA.
- The Sloan program has previously supported titles such as The Imitation Game, Hidden Figures, The Man Who Knew Infinity and Oppenheimer.