A daughter reflects on her father’s life — weaving the story of his miraculous journey from the streets of India with the realities of life in America
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Tonight, 8/3! @KarlaMurthy's award-winning @GasStationDoc makes its broadcast premiere on @POVdocs, 10pm ET/9pm CT and via PBS streaming.
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Karla Murthy’s new documentary film about her immigrant father’s tumultuous journey up and back down the class ladder turns the mythology of the American dream on its head.
It’s a story many native-born Americans will find strikingly familiar. jacobin.com/2026/06/murthy-d…
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In my latest for @jacobin, I review Karla Murthy's moving documentary THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT—a film about a beloved, if complicated, patriarch and the impossibility of the American Dream. @KarlaMurthy Film playing @AAAFF today; @laemmleglendale 7.15.
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Special July 15th screening of @KarlaMurthy's @GasStationDoc at @laemmle #Glendale. A tribute to composer Bobak Lotfipour (who lost his home and music studio in the #Eaton fire) and the #Altadena Community. Details: thegasstationattendant.com/s…
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What would H.N. Shantha Murthy, the subject of Karla Murthy’s “The Gas Station Attendant,” have thought about the claim that his story was “not the ‘American Dream’ come true?”
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"...heartfelt, personal portrait of her relationship with her father." Ben Glidden has a run in with The Gas Station Attendant.
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A heartfelt biographical documentary that transcends simple storytelling to become something incredibly moving: THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT ★★★★ | In US cinemas now
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In the documentary “The Gas Station Attendant,” a questioning daughter tries to better understand her own identity by re-examining her frustration with her Indian father’s work. nyti.ms/3PUnmKE
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Opens tonight! firehousecinema.dctvny.org/g…
"A poignant, intimate tale."-@ThisWeekInNY's rave review of @KarlaMurthy's @GasStationDoc. Opens today @DCTVny with weekend Q&As.
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'I just have been blown away by just how many people have been able to find themselves in this film that felt so specific to me' - Karla Murthy on The Gas Station Attendant and her relationship with her dad eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/202… - out in the US on Friday
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Here are this week's #CherryPicks #FilmChoices: 7 new movies you can watch in theaters or on streaming this weekend! 🍒🍿
01. Disclosure Day | @disclosureday
02. Find Your Friends | @shudder
03. Promised Sky | @film_movement
04. Stop! That! Train! | @stawpthattrain
05. This Tempting Madness
06. The Gas Station Attendant | @gasstationdoc
07. O Horizon | @variancefilms
Read reviews at thecherrypicks.com.
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THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT There is more than meets the eye in this deeply personal documentary that grapples with family history film-forward.com/documentary… Ultimately life-affirming. Now @DCTVny
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"[A] deeply moving story about immigration, survival, sacrifice, and the emotional cost of chasing the American Dream." -Screen Zealots on @GasStationDoc by @KarlaMurthy opening @DCTVny Friday!
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An intimate portrait of family, sacrifice & the immigrant dream. @GasStationDoc opens this Fri Jun 12 and screens through Thu Jun 18 with Q&As at select showtimes.
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"A poignant, intimate tale."-@ThisWeekInNY's rave review of @KarlaMurthy's @GasStationDoc. Opens today @DCTVny with weekend Q&As.
twi-ny.com/2026/06/11/the-ga…
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"The Gas Station Attendant carries the significant weight of relaying an important message about the American immigrant experience within a dangerously regressive political climate." -@TheFilmStage
@GasStationDoc is now 100% on Rotten Tomatoes! Opens today at @DCTVny
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"[A] deeply personal #documentary about migration, grief, family, and the stories we inherit from the people who came before us."-@PaulEnicola at @The_Movie_Buff in a new interview with @KarlaMurthy on @GasStationDoc opening Friday at @DCTVny
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We happen to agree... come see it at Firehouse Cinema, opening on Friday!
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"[An] intensely honest, astute and affecting film." -@AWFJ on @KarlaMurthy's @GasStationDoc opening this Friday @DCTVny
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Indian-Filipino roots, planted in the US. #ThisGasStationAttendant provides the gaze of second-generation immigrants to capture the plight of its forbearers. I write about it on @cinema_daily_us @NobuhiroHosoki cinemadailyus.com/?p=34376
