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Photo by DominAsian Magazine on July 09, 2026. May be a graphic of poster and text that says 'SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH SPOTLIGHT SOUTHASANHERTAGEMONTHSPOTLICHT IGHT WE SPOKE to SISTERS SAMANTHA AND SABRINA OF MALLIGAI FILMS AHEAD OF THEIR NEW SHORT 'ERASURE', 10 MINUTE MOVEMENT PIECE FUSING CONTEMPORARY DANCE WITH SOUTH INDIAN KUTHU TO EXPLORE ERASURE, TRAUMA AND RESISTANCE THROUGH THE BODY RATHER N DIALOGUE. FULLY INDEPENDENT AND SELF FUNDED. THE FILM LAUNCHES ITS CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN ON 11 JULY. THIS SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH, WE URGE YOU To INVEST IN OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY BACKING THESE DEDICATED SISTERS AND INDEPENDENT SOUTH ASIAN STORYTELLING. @MALLIGAIFILMS'.

Photo by DominAsian Magazine on July 09, 2026. May be a black-and-white image of one or more people, makeup, people smiling, poster, magazine and text that says 'SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH SPOTLIGHT MEET SAMANTHA, THE DIRECTOR AND WRITER. @MALLIGAIFILMS'.

Photo by DominAsian Magazine on July 09, 2026. May be a black-and-white image of one or more people, makeup, people smiling, choker and text that says 'H SOUTHASANHERTAGEMONTHSPOTLIGH SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH SPOTLIGHT AND HER SISTER, SABRINA, THE PRODUCER. @MALLIGAIFILMS'.

Photo by DominAsian Magazine on July 09, 2026. May be a black-and-white image of one or more people, poster and text that says 'SOUTHASIANHERITAGEMONTHS MONTH SPOTLIGHT "ERASURE" IMAGINES A VIRUS THAT STRIPS PEOPLE OF THEIR HUMANITY. BEFORE WE GET INTO THE STORY, WHAT DOES THIS WORLD ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE ON SCREEN? SAMANTHA WRITER-DIRECTORI:TH WORLD ERASURE EXISTS AS KIND OF SUB- SPACE;A WHITE, CLINICAL VOID WHERE NOTHING EXISTS EXCEPT PEOPLE AND VIRUS. IS BOTH CLAUSTROPHOBIC AND EXPANSIVE; THERE IS NO VISIBLE END, YET EVERYTHING FEELS LIKE A DEAD END. THE SPACE CARRIES THIS CONTRADICTION THROUGHOUT FILM: T IS T AND CORROSIVE, YET STRANGELY SERENE AND BEAUTIFUL. MALLIGAIFILMS'.

Photo by DominAsian Magazine on July 09, 2026. May be an image of martial arts, dancing, yoga and text.

Photo by DominAsian Magazine on July 09, 2026. May be an image of martial arts, sword, poster and text that says 'D SOUTHASIANHERTAGEMONTHSPOTLIGH SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH SPOTLIGHT IGHT : THIS ISN'T A DIALOGUE-DRIVEN FILM RATHER T'S TOLD THROUGH THE BODY. WHY DID YOU, DIRECTOR, CHOOSE DANCE AND MOVEMENT AS THE WAY TO TELL A STORY ERASURE AND SURVIVAL? SAMANTHA:I'VE EXPERIENCED MOMENTS WHERE SOMETHING EMOTIONALLY DIFFICULT PAINFUL HAS STAYED WITH ME PHYSICALLY, WHERE BODY CARRIED SOMETHING HAT VOICE ARTICULATE. FOR ERASURE, MOVEMENT BECAME THE STRONGEST FORM OF EXPRESSION BECAUSE SOMETIMES OUR BODIES SPEAK BEFORE HAVE THE LANGUAGE tO EXPLAIN WHAT WE FEEL. @MALLIGAIFILMS'.

Photo by DominAsian Magazine on July 09, 2026. May be a black-and-white image of poster and text.

Photo by DominAsian Magazine on July 09, 2026. May be a black-and-white image of poster and text that says 'SOUTHASANHERTAGEMONTHSPOTLIGH SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH SPOTLIGHT IGHT "ERASURE" FUSES CONTEMPORARY DANCE WITH SOUTH INDIAN KUTHU. FOR PEOPLE UNFAMILIAR WITH KUTHU, HOW DOES THAT TRADITION SHOW UP IN THIS FUTURISTIC SETTING? SAMANTHA: IN TAMIL COMMUNITIES DANCE AND RHYTHM CAN ALSO BECOME A WAY OF PROCESSING GRIEF. FUNERALS, PEOPLE SOMETIMES DANCE OVERWHELMING DRUM RHYTHMS, LIKE THE BODY TRYING tO RELEASE EMOTIONS THAT WORDS CANNOT HOLD. THE RHYTHM BECOMES FASTER N THE HEARTBEAT, FASTER THAN THE RACING MIND, AND EVENTUALLY THE DRUMS TAKE OVER. @MALLIGAIFILMS'.

Photo by DominAsian Magazine on July 09, 2026. May be a black-and-white image of one or more people, blonde hair, makeup, camera and text.

Photo by DominAsian Magazine on July 09, 2026. May be a black-and-white image of magazine, poster and text that says 'HT SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH SPOTLIGHT SOUTHASIANHERTAGEMONTHSPOTLIGHT IGHT LT BEHIND THIS PROJECT IS MALLIGAI FILMS, AN INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY ALREADY PREMIERING OSCAR-QUALIFYING WHO THE TEM BRINGING "ERASURE" to LIFE? SABRINA (PRODUCER): MALLIGAI FILMS WAS FOUNDED BY MYSELF AND MY MOTHER, AMALI SEBASTIAN, to CREATE MY DEBUT FILM ELISAI, WHICH PREMIERED AT THE OSCAR-QUALIFYING TASVEER| FILM SINCE THEN. MY SISTER SAMANTHA HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMPANY, ERASURE LIFE AS ITS WRITER, DIRECTOR, AND CHOREOGRAPHER. @MALLIGAIFILMS'.

Photo by DominAsian Magazine on July 09, 2026. May be a black-and-white image of one or more people, people dancing and text.

Photo by DominAsian Magazine on July 09, 2026. May be a black-and-white image of poster and text that says 'SOUTHASIANHERTAGEMONTHSPOTLICH SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH SPOTLIGHT IGHT 福·事 4藝 TL "ERASURE" IS FULLY INDEPENDENT AND SELF-FUNDED WHAT DOES THE CROWDFUND UNLOCK, AND WHY DOES BACKINGI NOW, DURING SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH, MATTER? SABRINA: THIS FILM IS FOR THE ARTISTS, ACTIVISTS, CREATIVES. AND ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THAT STORYTELLING CAN CHALLENGE THE WORLD AROUND US. WE CREATE WORK THAT QUESTIONS NORMS AND CONFRONTS UNCOMFORTABLE REALITIES, BUT THOSE ARE OFTEN THE STORIES THAT STRUGGLE MOST to RECEIVE TRADITIONAL FUNDING. @MALLIGAIFILMS'.

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Posted On: July 9th 2026, 04:35 pm

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This South Asian Heritage Month, discover the sisters behind Malligai Films, Samantha & Sabrina. (@samantha.amali.joseph @_sabrinema @malligaifilms @erasuredancefilm)

We talk to them about their new short film ‘Erasure’, a movement piece fusing contemporary dance with South Indian Kuthu to explore erasure, trauma and resistance without a single word of dialogue. Fully self funded, the film launches its crowdfunding campaign on 11th July, and we’re here for it.

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#SouthAsianHeritageMonth #Tamil #ContemporaryDance #SouthAsianFilm #IndependentFilm

( independent film, South Asian Heritage Month, short film, Malligai Films, Kuthu dance, crowdfunding, South Asian filmmakers )

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