Mandrika Rupa was born in Gujerat, India. Her family first left India to go to New Zealand in 1906, but she emigrated as a child in 1960. Rupa’s process of film making has been directly informed by her background in cultural and community work. Her artistic sense has developed out of a personal need to explore the social implications of immigrant communities and the effect of the new country upon them. Rupa depicts individuals from the South Pacific Indian diaspora who create their own lives o