Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
During the violent partition of India, filmmaker Senain Kheshgi’s mother was uprooted to the newly created country of Pakistan as a child. Years later, she moved with her young family to New York City, where Senain was raised and where people often asked her the question - where was she really from? Senain and her mother decide to take 23andMe DNA tests to help heal from this painful legacy while finding a meaning to the word home.
Director - Senain Kheshgi
Producer - Senain Kheshgi
Cinematographers - Syed Zayer Hassan, Lindsay Lindenbaum
Editor - AnnBernice Kalec
During the violent partition of India, filmmaker Senain Kheshgi’s mother was uprooted to the newly created country of Pakistan as a child. Years later, she moved with her young family to New York City, where Senain was raised and where people often asked her the question - where was she really from? Senain and her mother decide to take 23andMe DNA tests to help heal from this painful legacy while finding a meaning to the word home.
Director - Senain Kheshgi
Producer - Senain Kheshgi
Cinematographers - Syed Zayer Hassan, Lindsay Lindenbaum
Editor - AnnBernice Kalec










