“Every film is a political act; it’s how you see the world.” PEOPLE OF INFLUEN

“Every film is a political act; it’s how you see the world.” PEOPLE OF INFLUENCE | Mira Nair Director, Producer, Writer Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! (1988), was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1989 Oscars and won the Camera D’Or and the Prix du Publique at Cannes Is the first woman to receive the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival for Monsoon Wedding (2001) Monsoon Wedding was shot in 30 days Established a filmmaker’s lab, Maisha, to support filmmakers of East Africa and South Asia Has a degree in sociology from Harvard University and is currently a professor of film at Columbia University’s School of the Arts Her highly anticipated film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012), was the opening film for the 69th Venice International Film Festival IMDB | Website | Twitter | Facebook -- source link
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