This unique experience created a sense of family among us all and allowed us to meet the Bengali people as family. I am still processing all that I discovered in Bangladesh and how it changes my perception of the world as a large place filled with worthy and wonderful people.
Our Women’s Films Jury of Three
Bipasha Hayat
We formed a three person jury with myself and Bipasha Hayat, a Bengali cultural activist, freelance painter, actor, and playwright. She has had six solo and 74 painting exhibitions at home and abroad. She has acted in over 300 television plays, 12 stage plays and four feature films. She won the 17th Asian Art Biennal 2016 among other prizes. Her written books are Hridoy rajje and Ghum bhanga manusher golpo.
Our third member Bijaya Jena is a trained actress from Ftii, Pune, India who has acted in many Odia and Hindi films, and in Ismail Merchant...
Our Women’s Films Jury of Three
Bipasha Hayat
We formed a three person jury with myself and Bipasha Hayat, a Bengali cultural activist, freelance painter, actor, and playwright. She has had six solo and 74 painting exhibitions at home and abroad. She has acted in over 300 television plays, 12 stage plays and four feature films. She won the 17th Asian Art Biennal 2016 among other prizes. Her written books are Hridoy rajje and Ghum bhanga manusher golpo.
Our third member Bijaya Jena is a trained actress from Ftii, Pune, India who has acted in many Odia and Hindi films, and in Ismail Merchant...
- 2/5/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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