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Sonali Gulati is an Indian independent filmmaker, a feminist, grass-roots activist, and an educator.[1] She is a Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Photography & Film.[2] She has an MFA in Film & Media Arts from Temple University and a BA in Critical Social Thought from Mount Holyoke College.[2] Ms. Gulati grew up in New Delhi, India and has made several short films that have screened at over four hundred film festivals worldwide.

Film screenings

Her films have screened at nearly 400 film festivals including venues such as the Hirshhorn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and at film festivals such as the Margaret Mead Film Festival, the Black Maria Film Festival and the Slamdance Film Festival.[1] Gulati’s award-winning 2005 documentary film, Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night explores business process outsourcing in India. The film was broadcast on television in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, The Middle East, South Asia and North Africa. Her most recent film I AM has won 14 awards and continues to exhibit extensively.[3]

Awards

Gulati has won awards, grants, and fellowships from the Third Wave Foundation, World Studio Foundation, the Robert Giard Memorial Fellowship, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship, the Theresa Pollak Prize for Excellence in the Arts, the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), VCU School of the Arts Faculty Award of Excellence, grants from Creative Capital and was a Guggenheim Fellow in Film/Video in 2013."'sonali gulati".

Filmography

  • Big Time-my doodled diary (2015)
  • I Am[4] (2011)
  • 24 Frames per Day (2008)
  • Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night (2005)
  • Where is there Room? (2002)
  • Name I Call Myself (2001)
  • Barefeet (2000)
  • Sum Total (1999)

Personal life

Gulati grew up in New Delhi India. Her mother was a teacher and textile designer and raised her daughter independently.

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References

  1. ^ a b "Feminists We Love: Sonali Gulati". The Feminist Wire. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Sonali Gulati". Mount Holyoke College. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  3. ^ "'I Am' – A Conversation with Sonali Gulati". XFinity. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  4. ^ "I AM". www.sonalifilm.com. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  5. ^ ye


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