This program is presented by Asia Society with support from Aroon Shivdasani, the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University, and Fempowerment Foundation.
Join us for this Viewpoints program bringing together three iconic directors of world cinema: Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding), Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham), and Deepa Mehta (Water), in a conversation moderated by Aroon Shivdasani. Three filmmakers of Punjabi background, this “Bhenji Brigade” has made significant contributions to film with their fierce creative visions, and represent a larger Indian diaspora from Canada, the UK, and the United States.
Introductions will be provided by Prof. Durba Mitra, Assistant Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University and Mittal Institute Steering Committee member.
The conversation will be followed by a reception in the Garden Court.
