The Gas Station Attendant Documentary @GasStationDoc

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?” nysun.com/article/the-am…

"...heartfelt, personal portrait of her relationship with her father." Ben Glidden has a run in with The Gas Station Attendant. filmthreat.com/reviews/the-ga… #SupportIndieFilm #Documentary #TheGasStationAttendant

A heartfelt biographical documentary that transcends simple storytelling to become something incredibly moving: THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT ★★★★ | In US cinemas now easternkicks.com/reviews/the-ga…

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

Opens tonight! firehousecinema.dctvny.org/gasstationatte…

Sylvia Savadjian @Savadjian

2 weeks ago

"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…

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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/2026-0… - 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/th… Ultimately life-affirming. Now @DCTVny

@EyeForFilm Thank you, Amber! cc @KarlaMurthy @GasStationDoc @DCTVny

"[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! screenzealots.com/2026/06/11/the…

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. firehousecinema.dctvny.org/gasstationatte… #DCTVFirehouse

"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…

"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

"[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 themoviebuff.net/2026/06/interv…

We happen to agree... come see it at Firehouse Cinema, opening on Friday! firehousecinema.dctvny.org/gasstationatte…

Sylvia Savadjian @Savadjian

2 weeks ago

"[An] intensely honest, astute and affecting film." -@AWFJ on @KarlaMurthy's @GasStationDoc opening this Friday @DCTVny awfj.org/blog/2026/06/0…

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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

"[An] intensely honest, astute and affecting film." -@AWFJ on @KarlaMurthy's @GasStationDoc opening this Friday @DCTVny awfj.org/blog/2026/06/0…

Come see this beautiful film at Firehouse Cinema from 6/12 - firehousecinema.dctvny.org/gasstationatte…

easternKicks @easternKicks

3 weeks ago

"I wanted people to know this person so intimately that by the end they grieve for him" KARLA MURTHY discusses THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT, her moving and deeply personal reflection on the immigrant experience | Screening at @DCTVny from June 12 easternkicks.com/features/karla…

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A happy hour, audio docs, personal docs, and cinematic Pride celebrations – it’s June at Firehouse. Join us for a Tribeca Happy Hour with @karenSchmeerFEF, a Listening Party! showcase of audio documentaries and sound art, new nonfiction for Father’s Day with Karla Murty’s @gasstationdoc and Katy Scoggin’s FLOOD, and Pride celebrations on screen with Ro Haber’s WE ARE PAT and Drew Denny’s SECOND NATURE. Summer is around the corner, can you feel it?! 🎟️ dctvny.org/firehouse #DCTVFirehouse

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