Abstract:

"This delightful documentary explores the complex relationships among religion, ethnicity, and gender by investigating one key symbol: the wedding dress. The film introduces four women in a Catholic Indian family from Goa and traces their journeys over the last three generations as they migrated from Goa to pre- and post-World War II Singapore and then to California in the 1960s and 1990s. Each woman married in a different era and place, and each wedding presented different dilemmas for the women in choosing a wedding dress and in defining their cultural identity in relation to Europeans, Americans, and other Indians."