Men In Blue
Inspired by actual events, Men In Blue explores the effects of human trafficking and labor exploitation in the United States. Resistance brews among the Indian immigrants who were stripped of their dignity when a reputed shipyard in Texas conscripted them as guest workers to repair the oil rigs and ships damaged after Hurricane Katrina.
The Team
Featuring Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Manoj Chandra, Manoj Pillai
Director, Writer, Editor Sachin Dheeraj
Producers Sachin Dheeraj, Janani Vijayanathan
Director of Photography Sebastian Valdivieso
Production Designer Javier Bonafont
Costume Design Jana Zek
Sound Design Shreyank Nanjappa
Sound Mixing Morgan Honaker
Original Music Nicolas Guerrero
Colorist Mahak Gupta
Co-Producers Mary-Elizabeth Esquibel, Nicole Chi Amen
Line Producers Arturo Jimenez, Maggie Bailey
Grading Studio Bridge PostWorks
Thesis Supervisors Anne Lewis, Lalitha Gopalan, Don Howard
Awards
Grand Prize 28th Annual DGA Student Film Awards (West Coast Asian American Category)
Shortlist 2023 Yugo BAFTA Student Awards (Live Action Category)
Grand Jury Prize 21st Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Short Film Category)
Special Jury Prize 22nd International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy
Festivals
World Premiere 15th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala
South American Premiere 10th International Film Festival for Human Rights Colombia
European Premiere 6th Nòt Film Fest
North American Premiere 12th International South Asian Film Festival Canada
US Premiere 21st Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
Seattle Premiere 18th Tasveer Film Festival
Ontario Premiere 12th International Film Festival of South Asia Toronto
Indonesian Premiere 3rd Jakarta Film Week
New York Premiere 12th Workers Unite! Film Festival
China Premiere 22nd International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy
Croatian Premiere 10th Student International Film Festival
Washington DC Premiere 12th DC South Asian Film Festival
Nepal Premiere 11th Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival
Pune Premiere 10th Smita Patil International Film Festival
Quebec Premiere 13th South Asian Film Festival of Montreal
Mumbai Premiere 18th Mumbai International Film Festival
Texas Premiere 16th Austin Asian American Film Festival
UK Premiere 15th London Indian Film Festival
Supported By
Panavision New Filmmaker Program Equipment Grant
Moody Innovation Grant for Thesis Film at UT Austin
