Pratibha Parmar

Pratibha Parmar is a British filmmaker- a writer, director and producer. She is known internationally for her political documentary and drama work as well as her activism within the global feminism and lesbian rights movements. She has collaborated with many well-known artists and activists, and public figures across the world. Parmar specifically uses the camera to benefit women worldwide. Focusing her lens on disenfranchised communities and peoples internationally, her contribution to worldwide humanitarian rights and education has been crucial. Her films are marked by political complexity and visual richness, taking up the themes of women's strength, racial and cultural oppression and the lives of South Asian LGBT people. She is well known for drawing on humor, wit, women's everyday lives, and visionary storytelling to articulate the realities and dreams of feminist, LGBT women, and South Asian diasporic life.