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Gathered Places: An Indian Documentary Film

What happens when two Indian filmmakers, one from southern India and the other from an Indian reservation in western New York State, visits each other’s homelands? What are the similarities or differences between these ancient cultures? How does the modern world affect how they see themselves, each other and the outside world?

GATHERED PLACES is a documentary film that shows the worlds of India and Native America through the “Indian” lenses of filmmakers Terry Jones and Govind Deecee.

  • Terry Jones
    Director
    Soup For My Brother, Empire State
  • Govind Deecee
    Director
    Empire State, Scarlett, Give and Take
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Student
  • Genres:
    Documentary, Culture, Indian, Indigenous, Native American
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    4,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Syracuse University
Director Biography - Terry Jones, Govind Deecee

Govind Deeccee and Terry Jones met as film students at the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. The have collaborated on many short film projects together including the award-winning “Give and Take” and "Soup For My Brother" as well “Scarlett” and "Empire State". Their films have screened in over 30 film festivals worldwide including the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto, The Liverpool International Film Festival in England and Arte Non Stop Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2018, the duo launched TornJersey Media and are currently working on their next short narrative called “Sewn”, which is about two elderly women trying reunite to heal their childhood traumas at an Indian residential boarding school.

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Director Statement

Terry Jones is an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation of Indians and is a member of the wolf clan. Jones has a passion for sharing his Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) history and culture through his film works. He strives to find a balance between entertaining and educating his audiences.