90 Days To Leave

This short documentary is about the expulsion of the Asian community from the East African nation of Uganda in 1972. The documentary tells not only of the racial hatred and military hostility that the Asians received from the Ugandan Africans but the difficulty of gaining their British visas, how others headed to America and Asian countries, and the further difficulties that awaited many of those who did get into Britain during the racially charged era of the 1970s, including political opposition to their arrival, discrimination, education, and employment.

  • Tanmay Srivastava
    Director
  • Tanmay Srivastava
    Writer
    Black Water, The Bund
  • Judith Harward Carreon
    Writer
  • Prateek Srivastava
    Writer
  • Tanmay Srivastava
    Producer
    Black Water, The Bund
  • Alain Azoulay
    Producer
    he Redeemer, The Evil Down the Street & Love.Life
  • Chris Bamford
    Producer
  • Harry Locke IV
    Sound Engineer
    X-Men: Days of Future Past, Icarus, Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now & Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult
  • CO-AG
    Music
    Dark Echoes
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 10, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Language:
    English
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (Academy Award® Qualifying)
    Tokyo
    Japan
    June 19, 2021
    World Premiere
    Best Short Film Award for Non-Fiction Competition (Nomination) (Academy Award® Accredited)
  • Paris FIlm Festival
    Paris
    France
    May 1, 2021
    Best Documentary Short (Nomination)
  • Anatolia International Film Festival
    Istanbul
    Turkey
    May 23, 2021
  • San Francisco Indie Short Festival
    San Francisco
    United States
    May 30, 2021
  • World Independent Cinema Awards New York
    New York, NY
    United States
    October 5, 2021
    NY Premiere
  • South Asian Film Festival of Montreal
    Montreal, Qubec
    Canada
    November 19, 2021
    Quebec Premiere
  • Ontario International Film Festival
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada
    October 15, 2021
    Canadian Premiere
  • New Haven Documentary Film Festival
    New Haven, Conneticut
    United States
    August 10, 2021
    U.S Premiere
  • Emberlight International Film Festival
    Ironwood, MI
    United States
    August 26, 2021
    Michigan Premiere
  • Newark IFF Youth Festival
    Newark, New Jersey
    United States
    September 8, 2021
    New Jersey Premiere
Director Biography - Tanmay Srivastava

Tanmay Srivastava is an Indian film director, producer, and editor. He is best known for his award-winning documentaries Black Water, 90 Days To Leave, and The Residency. He started making documentaries in 2015 when he was 11 years old. He has director/produced over fourteen documentaries, two feature films and three short films with international cooperation and has won over 10 awards at film festivals around the world. He is a junior at the University of Cincinnati. Tanmay is also published researcher, his research on the architectural and economic contributions of the Sottish women in Eastern India during the British colonial rule was published by the Journal of International Women's Studies, Bridgewater State University, Massachusetts in 2020. He's a member of the British National Youth Film Academy and the Raindance Film Festival. He is also the CEO of Synergy Productions and Executive Director at Infinity Pictures.

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Director Statement

90 Days To Leave is a documentary that tells a story of a less known incident that raised concerns about human rights, democracy, and other issues related to pan-African relations.
The making of the film was a very challenging task, as it was very difficult to find the resources to back the story, the footages we found were in very bad condition but we managed to collect sufficient data.
We managed to complete the entire film in just seven days with our brilliant award-winning team including Prateek Srivastava (Author and Academic), Harry Locke IV (known for X-Men, Icarus and Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now), Alain Azoulay (known for The Redeemer), Chris Bamford (known for Nightwatch) and Judi Carreon.
It has been so great to see this project develop and receive such a great response from the film festivals where our film was screened I am excited for what the future will hold.