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March 12, 2021 34 mins

Dr. Elora Halim Chowdhury is a Professor in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department and the Director of Human Rights Program at University of Massachusetts Boston. Her most recent book is an edited collection with Dr. Esha Niyogi De, titled South Asian Filmscapes: Transregional Encounters (2020). Dr. Chowdhury talks about her journey into academia, the Bangladeshi Liberation War, its impact on national identity, and about how foreign NGOs create boundaries of savior and poor clients. Finally, we talk about her and Dr. De’s latest book about South Asian cinema and its influence in envisioning healing and reconciliation.

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