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Anjali Nayar

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In 2019, Anjali was named one of the top 40 filmmakers under 40 by DOCNYC and a POC director on the rise by Free The Work. Her work includes stories about an Afro-electric pop group that wants to go to Space, warriors-turned marathon runners, environmental activists overturning their government, and cross-continent escapes. Anjali's films have been supported by Cinereach, Sundance, and Tribeca, screened at TIFF, IDFA and HotDocs, and won countless awards, jury prizes, gone theatrical, and been acquired by Netflix and Amazon. Anjali is working on a screenplay based on her experience working at the nexus of data and politics as well as a love story about her moms. Anjali also founded and leads TIMBY, a storytelling platform that's active in 18 languages and 40 countries around the world. Anjali sits on the advisory of the Environment and Human Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. She lectures in film, technology and journalism, with an emphasis on representation, democratizing narratives and whose stories we have the right to tell. She has a Masters from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, a Masters in Environmental Management from Oxford and a Graduate degree from the International Space University.

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