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Shashwati Talukdar is an India-born academic-filmmaker based in
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, with more than twelve films and videos to her name,Phadnis, Rohina. "Shashwati Talukdar: Championing Social Justice through Film." ABCD Lady. 21 April 2008. < http://www.abcdlady.com/2005-12/art2.php>. and who has become well known on the international film-making stage, particularly for her documentaries on cultural identity and representation. Her work has appeared at the
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, Mediopolis-Berlin, the
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Museum of Art in Helsinki and the
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Talukdar, Shashwati. "Shashwati Talukdar Bio." Shashwati Talukdar. 21 April 2008. <>. and has gained the support of Jerome Foundation,
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and
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. In 2002, Talukdar received the James T. Yee Mentorship Award from the
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, and, then, in 2003, she received the Project Involve Fellowship from IFP/New York.


Early life

Talukdar was born in
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,
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. to the esteemed S.N Talukdar and artist Monica Talukdar. She is the youngest of three siblings, with Rudranath, her older brother, and Indrani, her older sister. She attended
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, and
Jamia Millia Islamia University Jamia Millia Islamia () is a central university located in New Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British Raj in 1920, it moved to its current location in Okhla in ...
in
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, where she obtained a graduate degree in Mass Communication. She also attended
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in
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, for a Masters of Fine Arts in film and media arts. Since then, she has taught at
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and
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.


Career

She began her career in 1999 as an assistant editor for
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's television show, '' Michael Moore Live''. Since then, she has worked on other projects for
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as well as for
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, Lifetime, Sundance and
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. She runs the production company "Four Nine and Half Pictures," named because Talukdar herself is less than five feet tall. Additionally, she maintains Shashwati's Blog, which she uses to communicate with fans and other bloggers about various topics, including films, culture and social justice issues. Her film ''Please Don't Beat Me, Sir'', tells the story of the Budhan Theatre, a theatre group composed of members of India's Chhara denotified or " criminal" tribe. She is currently living and working in Taiwan with her husband Kerim.


Filmography

# Any Number You Want # Eunuch Alley # Geometry Lover #
Mahasweta Devi Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016)
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. # RetroAction # Unable to(Re)member Roop Kanwar # Rumination and Advice from Dr. Abbey # Snake-Byte # Tahini and Tears # Bollywood Terror # Please Don't Beat Me, Sir!


See also

* List of Indian documentary filmmakers


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Talukdar, Shashwati Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian documentary filmmakers Indian emigrants to the United States Jamia Millia Islamia alumni Artists from Dehradun Delhi University alumni Temple University alumni Temple University faculty American film directors of Indian descent American women journalists American writers of Indian descent Film directors from Uttarakhand Women documentary filmmakers American expatriates in Taiwan Indian expatriates in Taiwan American women academics 21st-century American women