TOM KEEGAN
Director, is best known for his performance/theatre collaborations with Davidson Lloyd, his life partner, as the comedy duo Keegan & Lloyd. Dubbed "America's most talented gay couple" by the LA Times, Keegan & Lloyd's work has been seen by audiences throughout the U.S. and Europe. They have won several Dramalogue Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre and a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Nomination for Best Original Theatrical Presentation.
Tom's most recent project has been the short film about a two-daddy family, Sweet Life. The film has played at major festivals from AFI in Los Angeles to Milan, Italy, has won the audience award at the Fresno "Reel Pride Film Festival" and is currently on satellite television in Japan.
In addition to his own projects, Tom has directed numerous trailers, commercials, industrials and shorts, including Open Adoption: A Tapestry of Stories. He has also voice-directed many animation projects and video games such as Van Helsing with Hugh Jackman, Men of Valor with Sean Astin, Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay with Vin Diesel, The Hulk: Ultimate Destruction with Ron Perlman and Neal McDonough, and recently the highly praised The Darkness with Lauren Ambrose and Kirk Acevedo.
Out in India: A Family's Journey is Tom Keegan's first full-length documentary.
GOPIKA SHARMA
Producer, Editor, grew up in Delhi, India, where she received a degree in Business before coming to the US to study at Columbia College Film School. She worked at NDTV in Delhi and was for many years a producer at Vivendi Universal Games, producing and editing industrials, games, promos and commercials. Currently, she is also working as project manager for DVD Production at Warner Home Video. Gopika worked as the editor on Tom Keegan's Sweet Life.
MO STOEBE
DoP, Editor and Title Designer photographed Sweet Life and has extensive credits in Visual Design for television, film and games. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Art.
JESSE PHINNEY
Director of Photography, was the DoP for the Emmy-nominated HBO film Small Town Ecstasy and is currently working on The Apprentice. A graduate of USC, he has filmed extensively for television including MTV, Discovery Channel, Showtime, VH1, National Geographic, AMC, Bravo, Travel Channel, and many others.
TOM ZEHNDER
Original Score, composes world music utilizing classical instruments in contemporary scores. He has composed and played original music for audiences throughout the US, Europe, the Philippines, and in Central America.
A 15-year veteran of the games industry, Zehnder's wealth of experience includes classic horror, sci-fi, and youth titles. His most recent game scores include "Van Helsing", (2 G.A.N.G. award nominations), "Battlestar Galactica", Fisher Price's "Battle Castle" (lead composer), and Mattel's "Barbie Princess and the Pauper". He has also scored marketing videos, corporate presentations, commercials and films, including Tom Keegan's Sweet Life.
Please visit Tom's website at www.vaportrailpro.com
FULL CREDIT LIST
CREW
Directed by
Tom Keegan
Produced by
Gopika Sharma
Camera
Mo Stoebe, Jesse Phinney
Edited by
Mo Stoebe, Gopika Sharma
Original Score Composed by
Tom Zehnder
CAST
Peter Carley
David Gere
Christopher Carley Gere
Isadora Carley Gere
Anurupa Roy
Rani Chitrakar
Nandita Palchoudhuri
Sunil Gupta
A. Selvaraja
Mani
Reddima
Jyoti
Sampada
Dr. Suniti Solomon
Nithya Balaji
Rustom Barucha
Umesh Kakarania
Paramita Saha
Asha Ramaiah
Jack Lewis
Richard Gere
June Maliah
Ramchander Elango
Make Art/Stop AIDS Conference
Nargis Akter
H.N. Girish
Ramchander Elango
Asha Ramaiah
Dr. Lokendra Arambam
Sushil Huidrom
Narendra Nigomba
Jubita Devi Hajarimayum
Gotimayum Chetan Sharma
Shantilal Kale
Vidhyadhar Mohite
Vijay Nair
Chanda Wajane
Nithya Balaji
R. Jeevanandham
Daniel Vinod Kumar
Revathy
Sadanand Menon
M. Sampath
A. Selvaraja
Dr. Suniti Solomon M.D.
Dr. Joyce Angami, M.D.
Akhotsolu Thelu-O
Fr. Matthew
Rustom Barucha
Sudarashan Chakravarty
Monimala Chitrakar
Rani Chitrakar
Subhajit Dasbhaumik
Pawan Dhall
Pranay Dutta
Sonali Mukherjee
Umesh Kakarania
Nandita Palchoudhuri
Shankari Pal
Paramita Saha
Karunah Singh
Sandra Chatterjee
Kripa Joshi
Ragini Upadhyay
Drs. Fidelia Graand-Galon
Dr. Jack Lewis
Sunil Gupta
Claudia J. Hernandez
Raquel Monroe
Leah Nash
Dont Rhine
Dr. Allen F. Roberts
Robert Sember
Dr. Arvind Singhal
JoAnn Staten
Stacy Wayne
Performances
Virus ka Tamasha
Directed by Anurupa Roy
Performers
Anurupa Roy, Pawan Waghmare,
Mohammad Shamshul, Shameem
Nalamdana
Written and directed by
R. Jeevanandham
Performers
Jeeva, Oyya, Sampath, Ravi, Arivu,
Vanitha, Rani, Shoba, Maria, Baby,
Sam,Vijji, Danny, Baskar and Nithya.
www.nalamdana.org
PSI
Written and directed by
Vidyadhar Mohite
Positive Lives
Choreographed and directed by
Sudarshan Chakravarty
Music by Mayookh Bhaumick
and Dibyendu Nath
Performers
Sudarshan Chakravarty, Paramita Saha,
Dibyendu Nath
Additional Photography
Gopika Sharma
David Gere
Mary Carley
Carrie Schultz
Giavanni Washington
Rosemary Candelario
Sound Design
Tom Zehnder
Title Design
Mo Stoebe
Story Consultant
Fernanda Rossi
Poster Design
Mitch Strausberg
Additional Graphics
Sarah Adina Smith
Sage Freeman
Color Correction
Chris Callister
Vocalist
Vickie Bottelson
Katahdin Foundation
Lisa B. Thomas
Roberta Grossman
Deann Borshay Liem
Sophie Sartain
India Consultants
Dr. Shilpa Merchant
Sunil Menon
R. Jeevanandham
Anjali Gopalan
Gautam Bhan
Population Services International
Dr. Sunil Solomon
Robert Sember
YRG
Rochelle D'Souza Yepthomi
Annie
Vidhyadhar Mohite
Translators
Anu Kishore Ganapati
Mamta Garg
“Any Day”
written & performed by ZEHNDER
©1998 Tim Gibbs Zehnder & Tom Zehnder
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This film was made possible by generous contributions
from the following foundations and individuals:
Pacific Pioneer Fund
Armand Rosencranz
Squid and Squash Foundation
George Molsbarger
The Susan E. Swanson and Lisa B. Thomas Foundation
Susan Whittaker Pitlik
Roopali Shah
Victoria Marks & Dan Froot
Penny Partridge
Jon F. Bauer
Peter Binkow/Johanna Blakley
Sandeep/Kavita Puthran
Laurie Newman/Robin Berkovitz
Vicki Thorland
Karen Thorland
Usha Shah
Sabrina Lynn Motley
Mary Beth Peterson
Ronnie Agarwala
Kim Cookson
Nisha Bhagat
Vrinda Knapp
Jenny Sullivan
Sr. Jane Keegan
Zanne Devine/ Kirk D'Amico
Linda Pruss/Alice Hall
Victor Kenyon Brown/Robert Blackman
Katrina A. Dornig/Craig S.Zisk
Pavitra/Jasjiv Anand
Amar Chadha
Gargi Dave/Ram Nagarajan
Gulshan Kasnavia
Anouk/Atul Grover
Komal Shah
Keith Donato
Jyot/Kanuja Champaneri
Joyce Lachman
Peter Hamon
Mita/Pravinkumar Patel
Vivek/Radhika Gupta
Tom Burke/Steve Rostine
Daniel Genetti
Kathleen Rawson/Lisa Dannenbaum
Christine Scoolis
Chris Henrikson/ Susannah Grant
Larry George/Carmella Garcia
Naveen Chanana
Alberto Chavez Jr.
Kerry Candaele
Anthony/Kim Cookson
Berkeley Sanjay/Brinda Vasisht
Irene Lane
Kristin McLean Dornig
Rescom Broker Inc
Douglas Sherman/Malvika Pandey
Tracy K. Curry
James Casey/Jason Altieri
Mary Claire Carley
Blaire Jacobs
Siddharth/Manjari Rana
Jane Scovell
Stephanie Lerner Ansin/Oleg Kheyfets
Bimal/Kavita Patel
Douglas R. Suisman/Moye Thompson
Mary Keegan Dayton
John Milano
Manish Goyal/Anu Khemka
Brenda Goodman/Deirdre Gainor
Kokila Sharma
Davidson Lloyd
Mikki Ansin
Special Thanks
The Fulbright Foundation
UCLA AIDS Institute
UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures
UN AIDS
Vivendi Games Media Productions
Jim Carey
Eric Weiss
Amy Allison
Warner Bros DVDP Group
Strausberg Group
Ezra Strausberg
Roderick Frazier
Recinda Jeannine
Lisa Dannenbaum
Frank Kosa
Brian Lerner
Evelyn Bohan
Steve Ross
Komal Shah
Judy Palnick
Bob Hawk
Marcela Cabrera
Nina Irani
Sarah Adina Smith/Shaheen Seth
Davidson Lloyd
Connor Keegan-Lloyd