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Pratibha Parmar's Interests
General
Music, films, books, good wine,yoga,walking on the ocean, sitting on my beach deck and watching the tide change color, excellent food , travelling to remote areas of the world meeting people who make a difference and much more......
Music
My eclectic taste includes, Nina Simone, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bollywood Classics, Nitin Sawhney,Mary J Blige, Morcheeba, Madonna, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Massive Attack, Anthony and Anthony, Salif Keita, Oumou Sangare. Susheela Rahman, M.I.A., Miles Davis, Handel, Bach, Bob Marley, The Gossip, Bebel Gilberto, Eva Cassidy, Ry Cooder & Ali Farka Toure, Craig Armstrong, Tracy Chapman, Krishna Das, Skye, Scissor Sisters, Sheila Chandra, Cesaria Evora,, Alice Coltrane, Jan Garbarek,Youssou N’Dour, Prince, P.J. Harvey, Johnny Cash, Jennifer Berezan, Kylie, Gwen Stefani, Ahn Trio, Kanya West, Biddu and all kinds of meditation, chant and dance music and much more……
Movies
All About My Mother, Blade Runner, Raging Bull, Do The Right Thing, Fifth Element, Diva, Betty Blue, Amelie, Pan’s Labyrinth, Pakeeza, Mughal E Azam, A Question of Silence, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Crying Game, Monsoon Wedding, Lagaan, Blood Diamond, Bamako, Derek Jarman’s films, cheesy rom-coms, directors, Euzhan Palcy, Takashi Kitano, Clint Eastwood, Sally Potter, Martin Scorcese and more…
Nina's Heavenly Delights
Six Feet Under, Greys Anatomy, early ER, Heroes, Angels in America, Sci-Fi channel, CSI Miami, C4 News with Jon Snow, Desi DNA, The L Word, Property porn i.e. Grand Designs, select food porn, Current T.V. AlJazeera/English, and not much more…..
Books
June Jordan, Alice Walker, Beloved by Toni Morrison, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, Jack Kornfiield, Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things) Rose Tremain (Sacred Country), The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Anais Nin, early Patricia Cornwall, Martina Cole, Wangari Maathai, and too many others to list…… light bed time reading includes Grazia, National Enquirer, Vanity Fare, Men & Fitness,
Heroes
& Heroines - Arundhati Roy, Xena The Warrior Queen, Rani Ke Jhansi, Aung Sang Sui, Martin Luther King, Ghandi plus some and of course - my mum who was a freedom fighter for Indian independence and all those who live their lives with integrity, dignity, grace, laughter.....you know who you are....
Hi there! I am a filmmaker living in London. I have directed and produced documentaries, music videos and fiction films. My debut feature film, NINA'S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS was released in the UK in September 2006 and in the US in Fall 2007. NINA'S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS is an old-fashioned love story with a contemporary twist. check out - http://www.myspace.com/ninasheavenlydelights.
I am currently working on several projects - documentaries and fiction, one of which is Durga Rising. For more information go to: www.durgarising.com
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Check out on the following sites:
www.ninasheavenlydelights.com
www.kalifilms.com
www.britfilms.com
Who I'd like to meet: Intriguing, interesting,intelligent, engaged, provocative, creative,renegade, fun people from anywhere in the world
We met a few years ago in Italy, Bologna when I was a curator of Immaginaria Lesbian Film Festival. Happy to meet you again here, I still think you're one of the best directors in the world. Nina's Heavenly Delights is a sweet work :)
Big Bad Love at 93 Feet East July 10th –THIS THURSDAY Doors: 7pm £6.50
This is our first 93 Feat East gig and we’re happy to be gracing this illustrious stage so look out for special door price offers a few days before the gig… Or you can buy in advance here: http://www. wegottickets. com/event/32336
Join us for another Big City Redneck Presents! Another wonderful eruption, nay, ejaculation of good music at the Buffalo Bar this month!
What can I say? We won’t disappoint.
Buffalo Bar June 19th £6 on the door… 8.30pm till they kick us out…
Mama Shamone http://www. myspace. com/mamashamone “Put Mama Shamone on at any venue and they are likely to take the roof off, this was one of the best live shows I’ve seen in years - certainly one of the best in London. In my opinion these guys are destined for greatness, it felt like I was witnessing history being shaped-something was just so right about what they were doing up there.” Vibe Bar
We Yes You No www. myspace. com/weyesyouno “We Yes You No sing about the end of the world, the end of everything. But in an apocalypse that would sound like this I would buy god’s last EP” – Big City Redneck
Language http://www. myspace. com/languageuk “"The verbosity of funk, the poetic twang of intelligent pop. The bridge between Franz Ferdinand and Smashing Pumpkins perhaps" – Bugbear
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you're one of the sexiest woman i know! i think you are underselling yourself by putting in body type 'average'!!! you should write something like ''exceptional, fine, exquisite creature of divine pulchritude and beauty'' ~:)
was wonderful and life affirming to see you guys last night, thank you sooo much for coming and sharing and celebrating ~ i am truly blessed!
I am very excited! My first book Passage to Freedom is available for purchase now, from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and bookstores worldwide. Passage to Freedom is a guide to happiness and spiritual fulfilment that provides exercises to help readers along the way. These techniques incorporate visualisation, intention, meditation and self-healing. You can find more information on my website at www.dawnmellowship.com. I hope you will decide to purchase the book and I hope that it helps you find the spiritual answers you need.
Really enjoyed your: ' Nina's Heavenly Delight' in the sold out room at the Pink Film days (Roze Filmdagen) in Amsterdam, Netherlands just now. Great movie, beautiful tale. All the best for the year to come. I wish you a Happy and Healthy and Creative and Succesful 2008.
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