Esha Niyogi De, author of Women's Transborder Cinema: Authorship, Stardom, and Filmic Labor in South Asia, discusses her book in a lecture at Heidelberg University.
This book talk delves into previously submerged histories and hidden voices of women directors and film entrepreneurs from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India. Drawing on neglected archives and rare field interviews with filmmakers and fans, De tells a comparative story of women’s creative authority and entrepreneurial labor in selected film industries of South Asia—industries and markets that share languages, arts, and geopolitical rifts.
