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Podcast: Tuckered Out with Ami Thakkar
Episode: Nisha Ganatra Is Directing Cultural Change
Description: Nisha Ganatra, is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actress of Indian descent.We met this year at Sundance where I was lucky enough to see her screening of Rise, a short film focusing on the struggles of women enterpreneurs today. I first got to know her after watching Chutney Popcorn back in '99, now a cult classic, which she wrote, directed, and produced herself. Ganatra has directed numerous television shows including Transparent, You Me Her, Better Things, Dear White People, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. She also directed the comedy-dramas Late Night and The High N...