@preranatd

Filmmaker | Producer @ecstaticdays | @docnycfest New Leader | @producersguild fellow | Founding member @bitchitra | Formerly @satyamevjayate @ndtv @indiatoday

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Check out this profile on Bitchitra Collective, documenting some of our major milestones. Each one of us 350+ Bitchitra has played a huge role in getting us where we are in such a short time. Here’s to more milestones in 2024! 👏🏾 Do read and share. moneycontrol.com/news/trends…

How this India-US womxn collective uses fiscal sponsorship to save the documentary film- Moneycon...

Born out of the pandemic in 2021, Bitchitra Collective fosters Indian women and nonbinary non-fiction filmmakers in the US and India, those left stranded by Films Division’s closure, and is calling...

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Bitchitra Collective's @VaishaliSinha and @preranatd were honored to attend the first ever #ColorCongress National Convening in Atlanta this September. A unique and wonderful meetup of many BIPOC industry leaders from across the nation in non-fiction indie filmmaking.
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There are so many beautiful nuggets in this deep conversation about making independent distribution a political act. If you find yourself outside the corporatized structures that have engulfed the indie film industry, this is a healing read. @ArtSentient filmmakermagazine.com/121896…

Rebelling Against the Independent Film Industrial Complex

The hyper-industrialization of the independent film space and the shift away from in-person screening to the vertically integrated streaming-sphere means that content curation is increasingly more…

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Betwa Sharma
@betwasharma19 Jun 2023
500 days in jail/bail in 3 cases/PSA order quashed. Still, Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah is jailed in a 4th case for an article posted 11 yrs ago. We found no evidence linking the piece to an "increase in terrorism" in J&K, only assumptions/absurdities article-14.com/post/500-days…

500 Days: Kashmiri Journalist Fahad Shah’s Incarceration Is An Exercise In Assumptions & Retribution

Five hundred days after the Jammu and Kashmir police arrested him, journalist Fahad Shah, 32, remains incarcerated for an article he did not write but published more than 10 years ago as the editor...

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Paul Novosad
@paulnovosad15 Jun 2023
📣 New working paper on residential segregation in India. We’ve been working for 5 years on this. 8 facts about residential segregation in India, from new administrative data. The situation is not great 🧵 1/N
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Lee Sung Jin’s ode to collaboration helped me take a breath today. latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

'I stared at a blank page ... and it became very clear — I cannot do this alone'

Linking with others gave Lee Sung Jin the ability to shed his despair and move forward to create 'Beef.'

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C’mon, break the two-party system, Uhmerica!!
Cornel West
@CornelWest5 Jun 2023
I am running for truth and justice as a presidential candidate for the People’s Party to reintroduce America to the best of itself - fighting to end poverty, mass incarceration, ending wars and ecological collapse, guaranteeing housing, health care, education and living wages for all!  Join the movement at CornelWest24.com!!
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Free Press Journal
@fpjindia26 Mar 2023
Ethan’s ability to be vulnerable and open in front of a stranger is extremely endearing: Producer Prerana Thakurdesai of The Last Ecstatic Days -- by Vijayalakshmi Narayanan #FPJWeekendJournal #SundayRead #weekend #movie #story #filmmaker #producer freepressjournal.in/bollywoo…

Ethan’s ability to be vulnerable and open in front of a stranger is extremely endearing: Producer...

Based on the incredible story of courage and empathy, 'The Last Ecstatic Day's will release in Summer 2023

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India under Modi. 💔
Lavanya 🎙️🎥👩🏻‍💻
@lav_narayanan30 May 2023
Wrestlers full statement. For those who can't read Hindi: You all saw what happened with us on 28 May, you saw the way the police behaved with us. The urgency with which we were arrested when we were peacefully demonstrating. 1/n #WrestlersProtest
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Jacobin
@jacobin29 May 2023
The writers of your favorite movies and shows are workers just like you. They deserve your solidarity. jacobin.com/2023/05/writers-…

The Writers’ Strike Reminds Us Hollywood Is a Site of Class Struggle

The writers of your favorite movies and shows are workers just like you. They deserve your solidarity.

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Two images capture this day. The Prime Minister inaugurates the new Parliament building. Less than a kilometre away, this is how our sportswomen seeking justice, facing a powerful politician accused of sexual harassment by multiple women, are treated. It is monstrous.
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Baradwaj Rangan
@baradwajrangan28 May 2023
PSA Mosfilm has put of many of its most acclaimed films on YouTube for free, including six of Andrei Tarkovsky's films: Stalker, Solaris, Ivan's Childhood, The Mirror, Andrei Rublev, and The Passion According to Andrei.  kottke.org/23/05/watch-tarko…

Watch Tarkovsky’s Best Films Online for Free

Mosfilm, one of the largest film studios in the USSR during the Soviet era, has put full-length versions of many of its most acclaimed and influential films on

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One for the over-inquisitive employer, by a shayara, of course ;-) Kuraydta hai bahut raakh mere maazi ki,
Main chook jaoon to woh ungliyan jala lega (He digs too much into the ashes of my past,
If I make a tiny mistake he’d burn his fingers) - Aziz Bano Darab Wafa
Rekhta
@Rekhta27 May 2023
Jawaab jaanne ke liye threads check karein...
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Chithra Jeyaram 🎥@Realtalkies23 May 2023
On June 4, #NCSD2023, join us for a special screening of my film @ForeignPuzzle followed by a movement workshop by the film’s protagonist Sharon Marroquin, an award-winning modern dancer. RSVP: event.newschool.edu/cancersu… #CelebrateLife #Artheals #cancersurvivor #dance
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Ma peeps! ♥️
Bitchitra Collective: Indian Women in Documentary@bitchitra24 May 2023
Bitchitra Collective's latest NYC hang was a blast and a half! Members arrived from New Jersey, Westchester, Harlem, Brooklyn, Queens and even Mumbai. We also welcomed new members and plotted away. 😍 #CongeeVillage
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One of the most troubling events during my time in journalism. Can’t wait to see your forever nuanced view on this one, @mrunmayeelagoo
mrunmayeelagoo@mrunmayeelagoo14 May 2023
A journalist getting accused of murdering one of her own. Is this the story of an innocent scapegoat or a criminal mastermind? #Scoop trailer out tomorrow! #ScoopOnNetflix
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Honored to have my film, The Essential Worker, featured in @DCTVny Screening of Covid stories. @Imamahmedali ‘s work during the pandemic is unparalleled & deserves recognition.
NYPD 115th Precinct
@NYPD115Pct19 Mar 2023
Our 115th Precinct Clergy Liaison  Imam Ahmed Ali was featured in the documentary film “The Essential Worker” acknowledging his role in providing essential services to those in need during the Covid crisis in New York City.  Congrats, Imam Ali!
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Collective members @MeenakshiShedde, @apoorva_bakshi, @preranatd to act as jurors for member @RitaMeher 's @TasveerOrg South Asian Film Festival. #CollabPower 🎞️👏🏾🏆
Meenakshi Shedde@MeenakshiShedde13 Nov 2022
V honoured 2b on Jury of @TasveerOrg #SouthAsian FF, #Seattle #Washington #USA. My fellow juror on Narrative Feature Jury is @Stan Shields @SIFF. Other jury incl @mariamztweets #ApoorvaBakshi @arshadfilms @preranatd. Thank you @RitaMeher, Tasveer Fdr, ED, for our continued collab
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