Chithra Jeyaram and Sunita Viswanath
On November 2, Hindus for Human Rights joined filmmaker Chithra Jeyaram, community partners and New York audiences at DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema for a special screening of Love Chaos Kin and a conversation on interfaith and cross-cultural solidarity.
The event was part of the documentary’s October 30–November 5 theatrical run in New York City and brought together organizations working across faith, immigrant, civil-rights and family communities to ask a question that feels increasingly urgent: How do we build meaningful relationships across difference in a deeply fractured America?
Following the screening, Jeyaram was joined by HfHR co-founder Sunita Viswanath for a conversation about the themes running through the film and their implications beyond the screen.
Love Chaos Kin begins with an intimate story of family, adoption and identity. But the questions it raises quickly become larger ones: Who gets to define family? What happens when people inherit histories they did not choose? How do race, religion, culture and migration shape the ways we understand one another? And what does it take to remain in relationship when our experiences are profoundly different? Those questions gave the evening particular resonance for organizations whose work depends on building community across lines that are often treated as fixed.
That spirit was reflected in the wide group of organizations that came together around the screening, including India Civil Watch, Middle Church, the Multi-Faith Neighbors Network, Dalit Solidarity Forum, Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus, South Asian Women’s Media, the Adoptive & Foster Family Coalition of New York, Emgage, and Hindus for Human Rights.
As Love Chaos Kin makes clear, connection is rarely neat. Families are complicated. Communities are complicated. Solidarity is complicated. But choosing to remain in relationship with one another, especially when political forces profit from suspicion and division, can itself become a form of resistance.
We are grateful to Chithra Jeyaram, DCTV Firehouse Cinema, our co-presenting partners, and everyone who joined us for an evening of film, conversation and community.
Love Chaos Kin continues its New York theatrical run at DCTV Firehouse Cinema through November 5, 2026.
🎟️ Tickets & info:
https://www.dctvny.org/s/firehouse-film/love-chaos-kin-MCH4UVM3SEEVD2VI43GYY6MX4AVE
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