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Don't
Pass Me By is a story about an odd intersection of lives in
the tourist town of Pokhara, Nepal. Locals and tourists have
been crossing paths there since the 60s, but don't often move
out of the "local serving tourist" context. Three young filmmakers
from Canada figured there was more to each side. The cast:
Sarah is someone you'd get along with. She's always been an
observer... she's had to be. There's Surya, the bitter Nepalese
restaurant owner who is sick of being seen by tourists as
a second-class citizen in his own country. And Jon, a good-looking
raver from Los Angeles who wears a headband with two bouncing
star antennae. Then there's young driver Rudra, lost somewhere
between boyhood and manhood, trying to move up the taxi cab
totem pole. Mix all these people together under the light
of a full moon at a guest house called Don't Pass Me By and
you get some crazy scenes.
About the Director ...
Sarah Kapoor graduated
in 1997 from Carleton University's School of Journalism. She
has worked for Global Television and as a newspaper reporter
and editor. Sarah has co-produced and directed documentaries
including Hollywood's Biggest Backlot: Canadians in Hollywood
North (1997) and My Mother's Life (1999). She is currently
working at the CBC in Toronto.
Christina Lamey is a graduate
of Carleton University's School of Journalism. She has directed,
co-produced and filmed three documentaries, including Hollywood's
Biggest Backlot: Canadians in Hollywood North (1997) and My
Mother's Life (1999). She is president of Forerunner Filmworks
and is currently working in Nova Scotia on the CBC series
"Pit Pony".
Kristi Vuorinen has a
formal education in the fine arts. She began her career as
an independent filmmaker with her 1997 documentary Into the
Woods: A Treeplanter's Story. Kristi has been part of documentary
crews in India, Panama and Eritrea. She is currently co-producing
and directing a documentary about Tibetan exiles in northern
India entitled Silent Revolution. She is based in Vancouver.
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