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Highly Acclaimed Film Director, Writer and Producer

Mira Nair is a highly acclaimed film director, writer and producer. From her debut film, the Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay! to her Amelia Earhart biopic, Amelia, Mira Nair has established herself as one of the most formidable directors working today. Her latest film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is a striking commentary on identity, immigration, and terrorism. Away from the camera, Nair has mentored as part of the Rolex Protege Arts Initiative and her company, Mirabai films, established a non-profit, Maisha, in support of screenwriters and directors in East Africa and South Asia.

Mira describes documentary as “a marriage of my interests in the visual arts, theatre, and life as it is lived”

[expand title=”In detail”] Mira was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. Her first film was Jama Masjid Street Journal which was also her Master’s thesis project. She was appointed as the mentor in film by the prestigious Rolex Protégé Arts Initiative to help guide young artists in critical stages of their development. In 1998, My Own Country was awarded the NAACP award for best fiction feature. Nair returned to the documentary form in 1999 with The Laughing Club of India, which was awarded The Special Jury Prize in the Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels 2000.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Mira Nair discusses the craft of filmmaking as well as the issues she so passionately explores in her films: the tug of competing worlds felt by millions of immigrants, and ways to bridge the gap between cultures, races and genders. In the process, Nair shows you how film can challenge stereotypes and generational assumptions. [/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Mira Nair is a natural on stage (she began her career in film in front of the camera, not behind), she challenges audiences to think about assumptions, stereotypes, and prejudices, and how these manifest themselves in our relationships. With natural charm and humour she draws her audience into a discussion of the issues explored in her films, as well as the art of filmmaking and the craft of storytelling. [/expand]

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The Gap Between Cultures

Between Two Worlds: An Evening with Mira Nair

Innovation and Creativity

Story Telling

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