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Directed by veteran producer Owen Hughes, this piece for arts show Artsville is narrated by Kiwi Indian artist Prakash Patel who explores his discomfort and creativity that comes from being in two worlds. Patel grew up in an immigrant family in conservative 1970s Wanganui, not feeling Indian yet not belonging in Wanganui either. In 2006 he was awarded a Creative New Zealand Residency at the Sanskriti Campus in New Delhi. Out of Darkness, Out of India traces Prakash's journey back to his parents' country. At first he is overwhelmed before opening up to Indians' innate "love of life".
