A daughter reflects on her father’s life — weaving the story of his remarkable journey from the streets of India with the realities of life in the United States. Using home movies past and present, she creates a visual diary to explore the meaning of the American dream, love and loss, and the human capacity to survive.
COMING 2025
a love letter to the immigrant working class
The Gas Station Attendant is a co-production of Greene Fort Productions LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), Firelight Media and the Center for Asian American Media in association with PBS, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).