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Pratibha Parmar
British filmmaker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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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.[1] She received a B.A. degree from Bradford University and attended Birmingham University for postgraduate education.[2] Parmar's feminism was influenced by writers such as Angela Davis, June Jordan, Cherríe Moraga, Barbara Smith, Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, and Gloria Anzaldúa.[3]
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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.[4]
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.[5] Walker and Parmar also collaborated on Warrior Marks, a documentary about female genital mutilation.[5][6] They then released a book, also entitled Warrior Marks (1993).[7]
In 2022, Parmar released her documentary My Name is Andrea, about feminist writer Andrea Dworkin.[8]
Parmar has also made music videos for Morcheeba, Tori Amos, and Midge Ure.[citation needed]
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Awards and recognition
- 1993 Frameline Award[2]
- 1995 Trikone Pink Peacock Award[2]
- 2016 BBC's 100 Women[9]
Khush
- 1991 Frameline Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary Short[2]
- 1992 Créteil International Women's Film Festival Public Prize for Best Foreign Film[2]
Selected works
Film
- Khush (1991)
- A Place of Rage (1991)
- Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006)
- Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2014)
- My Name is Andrea (2022)
Writing
- "Pocket Sized Venus" in Femmes of Power: Exploding Queer Femininities, Del LaGrace Volcano and Ulrika Dahl (eds.). Serpent's Tail, 2008.
- Warrior Marks, co-authored with Alice Walker. Harcourt/Jonathan Cape, November 1993.
- Queer Looks: An Anthology of Writings about Lesbian and Gay Media, co-edited with Martha Gever & John Greyson. Routledge, October 1993.
- "Perverse Politics", in Feminist Review No. 34, 1991.
- "Challenging Imperial Feminism with Valerie Amos", in Feminist Review, 1984. Reprinted in Feminism & Race, Oxford University Press, 2000.
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References
Further reading
External links
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