The first-ever English documentary on Guru Nanak Dev– “Guru Nanak, Founder of Sikhism, Life & Legacy”– will be screened all over America during the Christmas holidays. From December 23 to 25, World Channel through public TV stations will showcase this film during prime time in all time zones in the country. There will be 97 prime time airings in 68 cities and 151 airings total in 86 cities.
Film directors Jerry Krell and Adam Krell of Auteur Productions spent 10 months to produce the film on Guru Nanak to commemorate the 550th birth-anniversary of the Guru last year. The film was shot in India, Pakistan and various parts of United States. Besides narrating the Guru’s history and key points of his teachings, the documentary features prominent Sikh luminaries ranging from Grammy nominee Snatam Kaur, to the first Sikh mayor in the US, Mayor Ravi Bhalla of Hoboken New Jersey, to show how his positive legacy continues.
Gerald Krell said, “I feel privileged to work on this film and it was a great learning experience for me and my team. We feel that the world needs to know about Guru Nanak who was ahead of his times. The documentary will serve as a worldwide educational outreach catalyst for community, dialogue and interfaith understanding.”
Recent polls by NSC showed that there is total ignorance about Guru Nanak in the Western world. Shawn Ghuman, co-founder of NSC, said, “This film which interweaves the story of Guru Nanak’s life, and how his spiritual legacy is carried out by outstanding Sikh Americans in science, medicine, arts, and public service, will no doubt create much needed awareness about him.”
The film has received major awards at various film festivals which include the Best Director, Best International Documentary and Best Cinematography Award.
This film will reach 71 million households and will potentially reach 170 million people.
For timings of the movie in US- http://www.sikhcampaign.org/documentary
