Turtle Island

Very few filmmakers show interest in exploring the plight of deracinated ancient civilizations. Still fewer are those who grasp the intricacies of those cultures and weave them into a narration worthy of a short feature film. Debutant filmmaker Orko Mukherjee deserves kudos for managing to achieve these artistic tasks with praiseworthy help from his technicians. The film delves into the life of a Caucasian woman raised by a Native American woman. Their struggles, failures, joys and hopes are neatly presented to us through natural lighting and realistic performance. The Caucasian woman falls in love with a man and leaves the home with him against the wish of her foster mother. As is natural in life shattering of promises brings her back to her senses. The film is worth watching at least once. The narration flows smoothly and hooks your attention from the first frame. A simple low budget short flick that leaves you satisfied.

A movie worth watching, a story that sheds light on multiple issues of society, it beautifully captures a lot of emotions of humanity, innocence, parenthood, evil of society, patriotism, faith and Love. Orko in his directorial debut has chosen some harsh realities of human society which is commendable, loved the research and attention to detail in the movie, to show its a movie shot in late 80's to 90's,.deserves a thumbs up! Naiveness of teenage being in love or be it the emotion of a strong believer in culture and tradition and having faith in fables, actors portray it nicely. Background score or the music in the movie is soulful. Orko in his first venture leaves a scope for viewers imagination and also wanting for more, If to be summarized its thought provoking movie where the essence is still love and faith.

We loved this film. So well made and with a positive message. Tight storytelling keep you glued to the screen start to finish. As a first venture, Orko really surprised us - wanting more in future.

Some works establish my very old belief - budgets do not matter, content and narration matter. Turtle Island - a slow & intense drama by Orko Mukherjee is the directorial graduation of an Indian origin young boy, who keeps dreaming and surprising the audience. I will not put any spoiler here, but Lani, Hannah and all other actors worked quite good. Videography, screenplay, sound - all are soothing. Keep it up Orko! Your best one is yet to come!

This short film is a well worth the watch. I truly enjoyed it! It sends a powerful message of hope and resilience of the human spirit despite bad decisions and unfortunate events. It reflects upon many current issues reminding us we learn from our pasts, share those experiences, and provide future generations hope for a brighter future. The details taken for the transitions and props did a remarkable job to seamlessly depict the timeline and settings. Really well written and directed! I look forward to future works by Orko.