The Oscar-qualified animated short film, American Sikh has added Academy Award-winning producer Guneet Monga and celebrity chef and Michelin star-winner, Vikas Khanna, as executive producers.
The upcoming short film will revolve around an American-born Sikh cartoonist, writer, performer, diversity speaker and creator of Sikhtoons.com, Vishavjit Singh. A turban-wearing Sikh, Singh finds validation in a superhero costume, after enduring a life of prejudice, self-doubt and violence. He is known for fighting bigotry, and intolerance, and for his Captain America persona with a turban and a beard.
American Sikh has won best short animation at the Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Alabama, best animation at the San Diego International Film Festival, the grand jury award for best short documentary and the audience choice award at the Tasveer Film Festival in Seattle, a special mention at Chicago International Film Festival and an honourable mention at Tallgrass Film Festival.
The short film is created by Singh in partnership with director-producer Ryan Westra.