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'''Shashwati Talukdar''' is an India-born academic-filmmaker based in [[New York City]],<ref name="bio"/> with more than twelve films and videos to her name,<ref name="abcdlady">Phadnis, Rohina. "Shashwati Talukdar: Championing Social Justice through Film." ABCD Lady. 21 April 2008. < http://www.abcdlady.com/2005-12/art2.php>.</ref> and who has become well known on the international film-making stage, particularly for her documentaries on cultural identity and representation.<ref name="abcdlady"/><br />
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Her work has appeared at the [[Margaret Mead Film Festival]], Mediopolis-Berlin, the [[Whitney Biennial]], [[Kiasma]] Museum of Art in Helsinki and the [[Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia]]<ref name="bio">Talukdar, Shashwati. "Shashwati Talukdar Bio." Shashwati Talukdar. 21 April 2008. <{{cite web |url=http://films.shashwati.com/shashwati-talukdar/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-04-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128200232/http://films.shashwati.com/shashwati-talukdar/ |archivedate=2008-01-28 }}>.</ref> and has gained the support of Jerome Foundation, [[New York State Council on the Arts]] and [[Pennsylvania Council on the Arts]].<ref name="bio"/> In 2002, Talukdar received the James T. Yee Mentorship Award from the [[Center for Asian American Media]], and, then, in 2003, she received the Project Involve Fellowship from [[Independent Filmmaker Project|IFP]]/New York.<ref name="bio"/><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Talukdar was born in [[Dehradun]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]].<ref name="abcdlady"/> 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 [[Lady Shri Ram College]], [[Delhi University]], and [[Jamia Millia Islamia University]] in [[New Delhi]], where she obtained a graduate degree in Mass Communication.<ref name="abcdlady"/> She also attended [[Temple University]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], for a Masters of Fine Arts in film and media arts.<ref name="abcdlady"/> Since then, she has taught at [[NYU]], [[Arcadia University]] and [[Temple University]].<ref>"Documentary Filmmaker: Shashwati Talukdar." Documentary Educational Resources. 21 April 2008. <http://www.der.org/films/filmmakers/shashwati-talukdar.html>.</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
She began her career in 1999 as an assistant editor for [[BBC]]'s television show, ''[[Michael Moore Live]]''.<ref name="abcdlady"/> Since then, she has worked on other projects for [[BBC]] as well as for [[HBO]], [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]], [[Sundance Channel (United States)|Sundance]] and [[Cablevision]]. She runs the production company "Four Nine and Half Pictures," named because Talukdar herself is less than five feet tall.<ref name="abcdlady"/> Additionally, she maintains Shashwati's Blog, which she uses to communicate with fans and other bloggers about various topics,<ref name="abcdlady"/> including films, culture and social justice issues.<ref>Talukdar, Shashwati. Shashwati's Blog. 21 April 2008. <http://blog.shashwati.com>.</ref> 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 Tribes|denotified]] or "[[Criminal Tribes|criminal"]] tribe. She is currently living and working in Taiwan with her husband Kerim.<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
#[[Any Number You Want]]<br />
#[[Eunuch Alley]]<br />
#[[Geometry Lover]]<br />
#[[Mahasweta Devi]]<br />
#[[My Life as a Poster]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021072407/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1222645/Shashwati-Talukdar Shashwati Talukdar] [[New York Times]].</ref><br />
#[[RetroAction]]<br />
#[[Unable to(Re)member Roop Kanwar]]<br />
#[[Rumination and Advice from Dr. Abbey]]<br />
#[[Snake-Byte]]<br />
#[[Tahini and Tears]]<br />
#[[Bollywood Terror]]<br />
#[[Please Don't Beat Me, Sir!]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Indian documentary filmmakers]]<br />
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