Director Priyanka Das will re-familiarize you with the experience of otherness, her films stunning visual journeys in search of a definition of oneself among others.
Born in India and currently residing in New York City, Priyanka Das explores experiences of cultural cosmopolitanism, diaspora, race, and queerness.
I Tried to Write a Love Letter with My Body (2021): This film is a very personal letter full of contradicting voices. Das examines the desire to survive, to love, to belong to something and remain unique. In this struggle of conflicting voices of “I” and “she,” self and other, this introspective letter is written in the various voices that make up everyday senses and emotions. [22 min; experimental; English]
Under the Jazz. Circulation. Formation. (2019): In its hypnotic style, this film depicts an encounter of people from various backgrounds, struggling between making connections and the danger of cultural appropriation. [68 min; experimental; English]
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