Pratibha Parmar in Person

February 9—23, 2023

The completion of Parmar’s new documentary, My Name Is Andrea, an essential and timely corrective to the historical record concerning the late writer and activist Andrea Dworkin, provides a welcome opportunity to invite Parmar to share her work at BAMPFA.

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My Name Is Andrea
A Place of Rage

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A Place of Rage
Pratibha Parmar
United Kingdom, 1991
Thursday, February 9 7 PM
Pratibha Parmar and Paola Bacchetta in Conversation
A fierce and loving assessment of the social movements of the 1960s from the vantage point of the 1990s culture wars, featuring three influential Black feminist intellectuals: Angela Y. Davis, Alice Walker, and June Jordan. Screening with Sari Red and Khush.
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My Name Is Andrea
Pratibha Parmar
United States, 2022
Thursday, February 23 7 PM
Pratibha Parmar and Irene Lusztig in Conversation
This essential and timely corrective to the understanding and legacy of the late writer and activist Andrea Dworkin, described by John Berger as “perhaps the most misrepresented writer in the Western world,” “traces pivotal moments in the life of a fearless fighter” (Lucy Mukerjee, Tribeca Film Festival).
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Pratibha Parmar in Person

February 9—23, 2023

In a career spanning over three decades, Pratibha Parmar has created a fascinating and diverse body of work, including experimental film and video, documentary, and television, bringing to light the stories of fellow activists, artists, and writers. In a 2017 profile of Parmar for Girls in Film, Roberta Graham described her work as “a key component in a history of creative resistance,” asserting that her “work examines the creativity of women of colour alongside the politics of oppression, to give a voice to the marginalized, telling their untold stories often with the view of depicting the strength of womanhood. Influenced by her personal history—being of Indian descent and . . . from a family history of migration across three continents—themes of diaspora, colonization and persecution lie at the heart of much of her work.”

The completion of Parmar’s new documentary, My Name Is Andrea, an essential and timely corrective to the historical record concerning the late writer and activist Andrea Dworkin—described by John Berger as “perhaps the most misrepresented writer in the Western world”—provides a welcome opportunity to invite the filmmaker to share her work at BAMPFA. In addition to the new film, Parmar presents her award-winning 1991 documentary A Place of Rage, featuring intimate conversations with Angela Y. Davis, Alice Walker, June Jordan, and Trinh T. Minh-ha, along with two of her groundbreaking short films—Sari Red, a powerful cinematic response to a racist hate crime, and Khush, an exuberant celebration of being queer and of color.

—Kate MacKay, Associate Film Curator

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Pratibha Parmar in Person is presented with support from the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Endowment. Cosponsored by the Institute for South Asia Studies. Thanks to Shaheen Haq, Kali Films; Colleen O’Shea, Women Make Movies; and Kathy Susca, The Film Collaborative.