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Itw with Cary Rajinder Sawhney, director of the Happy Soul Festival (April 2009)
A conversation with Cary Rajinder Sawhney, director of Happy Soul, a film festival that aims to raise mental wealth awareness. CAV: Can you tell us a bit about the festival and how it came into existence? Cary Rajinder Sawhney: Happy Soul is our third festival dedicated to building mental health awareness within the Asian and [...]
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Itw with Nadia Denton, Director of the BFM Film Festival as they celebrate their 10th year in 2008
Nadia Denton has film in her blood. Her father was Menelik Shabazz, the British Filmmaker who directed the 1981 film Burning an Illusion. The film was the catalyst for new traditions in Black British Filmmaking as it placed the Black British experience at the forefront, in ways that hadn’t been done before. Nadia is the [...]
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