A Fragile Son
Surjit Sachdev grew up in a conservative family in India. Surjit's father was an engineer, and he's an engineer, but the family tradition ended when Surjit's son was born with a severe mental disability.
Best Documentary: Silver2007 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition2007 / Carma Jolly / Surjit Sachdev / Outfront, Canada
Surjit Sachdev grew up in a conservative family in India. Surjit's father was an engineer, and he's an engineer, but the family tradition ended when Surjit's son was born with a severe mental disability.
Through the years, Surjit's frustrations with his son increased until one day a major confrontation forced him to examine his competence as a father.
A Fragile Son won the Best Documentary: Silver Award in the 2007 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. The story was produced with Neil Sandell.
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Carma Jolly is a producer at CBC Radio's Outfront, a Canadian radio program that invites listeners to create documentaries about themselves.
An engineer by profession, Surjit Sachdev arrived in Canada in 1972.