Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Kum-Kum Bhavnani is a university professor, filmmaker, and author. She served as the Chair (2019–20) of the University of California Academic Senate. In 2006, Bhavnani premiered first feature-length documentary, The Shape of Water, based on her research in Senegal, Brazil, India, and Jerusalem.
Kum-Kum Bhavnani
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- 1951
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- sociologist · film director
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Kum-Kum Bhavnani is a university professor, filmmaker, and author. She served as the Chair (2019–20) of the University of California Academic Senate. In 2006, Bhavnani premiered first feature-length documentary, The Shape of Water, based on her research in Senegal, Brazil, India, and Jerusalem.
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Background and education
It is narrated by Susan Sarandon. Bhavnani premiered Nothing Like Chocolate in 2012, and Lutah in 2014. Bhavnani is the founder and director of Mirror Hammer Films.
Born in India and raised in London, Bhavnani completed her first degree, a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Psychology at the University of Bristol. She completed her M.A. in Child and Educational Psychology at the University of Nottingham. Her Ph.D. (1983–1987) was awarded in 1988 by Cambridge University (King's College). She came to the University of California Santa Barbara in 1991.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Film — Writer — Director — Producer • 2006 — The Shape of Water • 2012 — Nothing Like Chocolate • 2014 — Lutah - A Passion for Architecture: A Life in Design • 2018 — We Are Galapagos
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1951
Kum-Kum Bhavnani was born on 1 January 1951.
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Bhavnani's books and co-edited volumes include Talking Politics (Cambridge University Press), Feminism and ‘Race’ (Oxford University Press), Feminist Futures (Zed Press), and On the Edges of Development (Routledge). She was also the inaugural editor for Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism from 2000–2002 at Smith College, Massachusetts.
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- 1.Kum-Kum Bhavnani Sociology. www.soc.ucsb.edu.
- 2.University of California. 2019-20 Academic Senate Chair Kum-Kum Bhavnani. Academic Senate.
- 3.Bhavnani, Kum-Kum. The Shape of Water. 2006-02-06.
- 4.Talking politics psychological framing views youth britain Social psychology. Cambridge University Press.
- 5.Bhavnani, Kum-Kum. Feminism and "race". Oxford University Press. 2001. 9780198782360.
- 6.Feminist Futures Dead link. July 2025.
- 7.On the Edges of Development: Cultural Interventions (Hardback) - Routledge. Routledge.com.
- 8.Meridians – feminism, race, transnationalism. www.smith.edu.
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