Roshini Thinakaran

Roshini Thinakaran is a National Geographic Emerging Explorer and TED Global Fellow. She is a documentary filmmaker from Sri Lanka and the United States.[1]

Biography

Thinakaran was born in Sri Lanka and moved to the United States at age seven.[1] Her family was fleeing the civil war going on at the time.[2] Thinakaran attended George Mason University.[2]

Work

Thinakaran's first short film was made about Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia.[2] The film was very short, but it "gained the attention of National Geographic."[2] She became part of the National Geographic Society's Emerging Explorers Program and received a $10,000 grant.[3]

Much of her work has focused on researching and profiling the lives of women living in post-conflict zones including Iraq, Liberia, Lebanon and Afghanistan.[4] She established Women at the Forefront in 2005, a multimedia project that examines war through the eyes of women.[4] Thinakaran spent 14 months in Iraqi neighborhoods making Women at the Forefront.[5]

Her documentary, What Was Promised (2008), focused on the US-led initiative to integrate Iraqi women into the Iraqi Security Forces.[6] It premiered at the National Geographic All Roads Film Project.[3]

Films

  • Women at the Forefront (2005)
  • What Was Promised (2008)
  • Journey OnEarth (film series, 2011)[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Johnson, Michelle (November 2007). "Viewing War Through Women's Eyes". World Literature Today. 81 (6): 10–12. Retrieved 22 December 2015. (Subscription required (help)).
  2. 1 2 3 4 Sklarew, Renee (September 2009). "Filmmaker on the Battleground". Northern Virginia Magazine. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 Rayasam, Renuka (1 October 2008). "In the Line of Fire". Washingtonian. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Women at the Forefront: Examining the Impact of Conflict on Women". Peace Media. United States Institute of Peace. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Roshini Thinakaran". National Geographic. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Hristova, Stefka (2012). "Abu Ghraib: A Ghostly Story". In de Matos, Christine; Ward, Rowena. Gender, Power, and Military Occupations: Asia Pacific and the Middle East Since 1945. New York: Routledge. p. 192. ISBN 9780415891837.
  7. ↑ Howley, Andrew (18 January 2012). "'After the Gas Rush' Part 2". National Geographic. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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