Pratibha Parmar
Pratibha Parmar is a British writer and filmmaker. She makes feminist documentaries such as Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2014) and My Name Is Andrea (2022).
Pratibha Parmar
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- Birthplace
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Education
- University of Birmingham
- Occupation
- Writer and filmmaker
- Born
- 1955 · Nairobi.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Honours
- BBC 100 Women
- Languages
- English
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Pratibha Parmar is a British writer and filmmaker. She makes feminist documentaries such as Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2014) and My Name Is Andrea (2022).
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• Birthplace — Nairobi, Kenya • Education — University of Birmingham • Occupation — Writer and filmmaker • Notable Works — Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2014); My Name Is Andrea (2022) • Website — https: pratibhaparmar.com
Early life and education
Early life and education
Parmar was born in Nairobi, Kenya, to Indian parents; when she was 11 years old her family moved to the United Kingdom. She received a B.A. degree from Bradford University and attended Birmingham University for postgraduate education. Parmar's feminism was influenced by writers such as Angela Davis, June Jordan, Cherríe Moraga, Barbara Smith, Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, and Gloria Anzaldúa.
Career
Career
In her 1991 film Khush, Parmar examined the world of South Asian lesbians and gay men in the United Kingdom and India, using a mix of documentary footage and dramatized scenes. The documentary Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2014) is about the life of author and activist Alice Walker, whom Parmar met in 1991 via June Jordan and Angela Davis. Walker and Parmar also collaborated on Warrior Marks, a documentary about female genital mutilation. They then released a book, also entitled Warrior Marks (1993). In 2022, Parmar released her documentary My Name is Andrea, about feminist writer Andrea Dworkin. Parmar has also made music videos for Morcheeba, Tori Amos, and Midge Ure.
Khush
Khush
• 1991: Frameline Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary Short • 1992: Créteil International Women's Film Festival Public Prize for Best Foreign Film
Articles and book chapters
Articles and book chapters
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Books
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Film
• Khush (1991) • A Place of Rage (1991) • Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006) • Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2014) • My Name is Andrea (2022)
Awards and recognition
• 1993: Frameline Award • 1995: Trikone Pink Peacock Award • 2016: BBC's 100 Women
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- 1.Pratibha Parmar. Kali Films.
- 2.Saigal, Ranjani. In Conversation With Pratibha Parmar. Lokvani. 2007-05-28.
- 3.Parmar, Pratibha. Personal is Political: Audre Lorde: Sister Insider. The Feminist Wire. 2014-02-18.
- 4.Kaplan, E. Ann. Looking for the Other: Feminism, Film and the Imperial Gaze. Routledge. 283. 2012. 978-1-135-20875-2.
- 5.Simmons, Aishah Shahidah. Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth. Ms. Magazine. 2011-10-25.
- 6.Warrior Marks (1993). The New York Times. 2008-03-14.
- 7.McCoy, Frank. Hearing Women's Cries. Black Enterprise. Earl G. Graves, Ltd. 24. 10. 103. May 1994. 0006-4165.
- 8.Linden, Sheri. 'My Name Is Andrea': Film Review Tribeca 2022. The Hollywood Reporter. 11 June 2022.
- 9.BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list?. BBC News. 7 October 2019.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Tyrkus, Michael. Gay & Lesbian Biography. St. James Press. 355–357. 1997. 9781558622371.
- Southern Illinois University Press. Women Filmmakers of the African and Asian Diaspora. 73-94. 1997. 978-0-8093-2120-9.
- Kaplan, Elizabeth Ann. Looking for the Other: Feminism, Film, and the Imperial Gaze. Routledge. 1997. 978-0-415-91017-0.
- Knipping, Alpana Sharma. Self (En)Gendered in Ideology: Pratibha Parmar's Bhangra Jig and Sari Red. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. 1. 2. 119-124. Fall 1996.
- Redding, Judith M. Film Fatales: Independent Women Directors. Seal Press. 45-57. 1997. 978-1-878067-97-5.
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