Jasmine Dellal
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Biography
Jasmine Dellal is an award-winning independent film director and producer. Her feature documentaries show in cinemas, festivals and TV around the world. Dellal grew up in Great Britain, studied at Oxford, then in the US and still spends much time in South India where her grandparents lived near Arunachala mountain in Tiruvannamalai. In 1993, Dellal completed a Master's degree in Journalism at the UC Berkeley, where she studied under her mentor - the acclaimed documentarian Marlon Riggs. In the 1990s, while based in San Francisco, Dellal founded Little Dust Productions, to make documentaries and artistic films with a social conscience. She has since moved to New York and London. She is particularly recognized for her work with Roma ("Gypsy") people.
Known For
African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he addresses the camera from his hospital bed in several scenes. The film directly addresses sexism and homophobia within the black community, with snippets of misogynistic and anti-gay slurs from popular hip-hop songs juxtaposed with interviews with African-American intellectuals and political theorists, including Cornel West, bell hooks and Angela Davis.
Black Is… Black Ain’t
A brief look into Romany culture and Rom (Gypsies) from around the globe as five famous Romany groups tour the USA.
Gypsy Caravan: When the Road Bends
America is the home to one million Gypsies, or Rom, whose rich culture has long been mysterious to outsiders. A flamboyant Romany leader invites us into his world when it comes under threat. In a quest to defend his honor, he leads us through the history of his people to Civil Rights courts, Vegas casinos and beyond...