Meena Nanji

Born in Kenya, Meena Nanji moved to England when she was nine and Los Angeles when she was seventeen. Her work concerns the global diaspora of post-colonial peoples and the disruption and replacement of cultural values, traditions, and ideologies that result from these migrations.

Filmography



View from a Grain of Sand
(2004, )
A journey through the last 30 years of Afghanistan's history as lived by 3 Afghan women. Film website with lots of information and links.
Repression and RAWA. Article by Meena Nanji in Green Left Weekly, 2001.
Afghanistan's Women after "Liberation". by Meena Nanji in countercurrents.org, Dec 2003.

Living in Colour
(2002, 45 mins)
An upbeat and light-hearted and look at the lives of four 2nd generation South Asian youth, born and raised in L.A. Their dreams and challenges are articulated with a mix of thoughtful self-reflection, insight, and humor. Featuring Rasneek, a Sikh Dj, who mixes bhangra and hip-hop; Sonia, a committed feminist, who works in health care for women; Amrapali, a classically trained Kathak dancer, now dancing in the Cirque du Soleil, and Dileepan a budding public policy maker.
Review and article at Nirali Magazine.

Voices of the Morning
(1992, 15 mins)
shows a young woman growing up under orthodox Isalmic law and her attempts to find her own identity. The film's third person narrative and appearances by Mississippi Masala star Sarita Choudhury make for an affecting birth-to-maturity account of a woman's troubled relationship with her Islamic upbringing. Available from NAATA and Women Make Movies.