BIPOC filmmaker. NFB's special programs:.Reel Diversity competition. Agency - English program:.Western Centre - Winnipeg.

Director, Anand Ramayya ; writer, Anand Ramayya ; producer, Joe MacDonald ; executive producer, Graydon McCrea ; editor, Jackie Dzuba ; cinematographer, Tom Hale ; composer, Raj Ramayya ; sound design, Ross Nykiforuk ; location sound, Anand Ramayya ; animation director, Tim Tyler ; animator, Tracy K. Westgard ; consultant, Elise Swerhone, Bonnie Dickie ; researcher, Sonal Nina Sudra, Ryan Lockwood.

Narrator, Anand Ramayya.

Recorded 2003.

When a life-threatening illness strikes his family, Indo-Canadian filmmaker Anand Ramayya finds himself on a modern-day spiritual pilgrimage to India. He's joined by his traditional Hindu mother, Jaya, his psychologist/filmmaker father, Ray, and his Japanese rock star brother, Raj. From Saskatchewan and Japan to the south of India, what unfolds is an intimate and entertaining portrait of a family trying to reconnect. Their vivid and revelation-filled journey takes them to Tirupati, an ancient site of Hindu worship in India. They've come at the request of Jaya, to pray for her health. It is the first time the family has been together in India for 25 years, and the road is filled with surprises. This quirky documentary mixes first-person diary cam, lively interviews, and on-the-fly footage to put a fresh spin on universal questions of ethnicity, home and self. The pilgrimage ends by transforming a family that had grown apart. Cosmic Current was produced as part of the Reel Diversity Competition for emerging filmmakers of colour. Reel Diversity is a National Film Board of Canada initiative in partnership with CBC Newsworld.  .

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Canada Award, 2004 Honorable Mention - Category: Humanities, 2004 Award for Script (Anand Ramayya), 2004 Award to the Director - Category: Non-Drama (Anand Ramayya), 2004 Award for Music/Original Score, 2004 Media Favorite Award, 2004 Award 200 Proof Sask, 2004

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).