Roshini Thinakaran
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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]
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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
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