If I Die in America

According to Muslim practice, burial ought to occur within 24 hours of death so after Mannys immigrant husband, Sameer, passes away in an accident, he is confronted by a representative of Sameers family urging him to sign the paperwork needed to ship the body back to Kuwait. Manny initially refuses, clinging to his rights as Sameer’s husband, while knowing that with every passing hour, Sameer’s family grows more infuriated. After an emotional climax, spurred on by the familys homophobic claim that Manny and Sameers marriage was merely a green-card arrangement, Manny comes to realize that his objections won’t change the fact that his husband died try as he might, he cannot delay grief.