The Problem with Apu

*The Problem with Apu*
The Problem with Apu
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Written by	Hari Kondabolu
Directed by	Michael Melamedoff
Starring	Hari Kondabolu; Utkarsh Ambudkar; Aziz Ansari; W. Kamau Bell; Samrat Chakrabarti; Shilpa Dave; Noureen DeWulf; Whoopi Goldberg; Dana Gould; Sakina Jaffrey; Aasif Mandvi; Hasan Minhaj; Vivek Murthy; Ajay Naidu; Aparna Nancherla; John Ortved; Maulik Pancholy; Kal Penn; Russell Peters; John Powers; Mallika Rao; Rohitash Rao; Sheetal Sheth;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Michael Melamedoff; Michael J. Cargill;
Running time	49 minutes
Original release
Network	truTV
Release	November 19, 2017
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The Problem with Apu is a 2017 American documentary film written by and starring comedian Hari Kondabolu and produced and directed by Michael Melamedoff. It focuses on the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, an Indian immigrant in the animated sitcom The Simpsons who, for a period, was the only figure of Indian heritage to appear regularly on mainstream U.S. television. The film explores encounters with negative stereotypes, minstrelsy, racial microaggressions, and slurs against people of Indian and South Asian heritage.