Drona:
The Movie
dir. Lauren Spakowski
2024
Running time: 17 min.
Film:
Drona – a rock band of Indian American teenagers – are the coolest people you will ever meet. Arjuna, Surya, and Pasha Raghu are teenage siblings who have had a love for music since they were born. As a teenager, it can be difficult to balance school, friendships, being a teen in general, or in their case being a part of a band. Drona: The Movie follows the Raghus as their music grows with them.
Lauren Spakowski
Lauren Spakowski is a cinematographer and photojournalist from O’Fallon, Missouri. She graduated from the University of Missouri, where she majored in Photo and Documentary Journalism, with a minor in Film Studies. As a visual journalist, Spakowski aims to tell the narratives of those who continue to be untold. Her curiosity and passion for intricate human stories have led her down a path of connecting with people in a wide variety of spaces. In her debut film, Drona: The Movie, she illustrates the lives of a rock band of three eccentric Indian American siblings through observational filmmaking and archival footage.