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Shonali Bose
Known For: Film Amu, which details the events of the 1984 Sikh Massacres
Faith: Sikhism
Country: India
About
Shonali Bose was a student in New Delhi when the 1984 Sikh massacres took place. She volunteered in the widow’s refugee camps transcribing cards for family members and listening to the women’s experiences. While studying for a political science PhD at Columbia University, Bose, realized that she wanted to film the issues she was learning about.
She enrolled in Film school at UCLA, and years later returned to India to shoot award-winning Amu, the story of an American girl who travels to India to learn about her roots and discovers the horrors of the suppressed Sikh massacres as well as truths about herself. Politicians involved in the 1984 massacre came to the set and Bose was forced to lie about the content of the movie in order to keep filming.
After its release, Indian censors made her mute the scenes identifying the Indian government’s complicity in the attacks. It was screened at international film festivals and re-invigorated the discussion of the Indian government’s role in the horrific events.
She is currently working on a film called Chittagong: Strike One, the first of a trilogy that begins with the true story of a teacher who organized her students to fight against the British Empire in 1932.
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