Ankita M. Kumar
@ankitakumar.bsky.social
Journalist and documentary film maker. 📍LA
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For your #Oscar consideration for Best Short #Documentary - "Far from Home" is now viewable on the @theacademyusa.bsky.social Awards portal.
When #Afghans are being demonized in the US, this award-winning short tells the humanizing story of one woman’s fight for a safe home for her family.
When #Afghans are being demonized in the US, this award-winning short tells the humanizing story of one woman’s fight for a safe home for her family.
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
For your #Oscar consideration for Best Short #Documentary - "Far from Home" is now viewable on the @theacademyusa.bsky.social Awards portal.
When #Afghans are being demonized in the US, this award-winning short tells the humanizing story of one woman’s fight for a safe home for her family.
When #Afghans are being demonized in the US, this award-winning short tells the humanizing story of one woman’s fight for a safe home for her family.
Afghans leave Afghanistan in the hope of a better life, but what happens when their country of refuge doesn't want them? I encourage you to watch Far from Home at the National Press Club in DC on December 3. (1/2)
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Afghans leave Afghanistan in the hope of a better life, but what happens when their country of refuge doesn't want them? I encourage you to watch Far from Home at the National Press Club in DC on December 3. (1/2)
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A big thank you to the extraordinarily talented @ankitakumar.bsky.social for speaking to my @medillschool.bsky.social class about her award-winning documentary "Far from Home". You can catch the film in #WashingtonDC next on 12/3 @pulitzercenter.org:
pulitzercenter.org/event/far-ho...
pulitzercenter.org/event/far-ho...
November 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A big thank you to the extraordinarily talented @ankitakumar.bsky.social for speaking to my @medillschool.bsky.social class about her award-winning documentary "Far from Home". You can catch the film in #WashingtonDC next on 12/3 @pulitzercenter.org:
pulitzercenter.org/event/far-ho...
pulitzercenter.org/event/far-ho...
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Please join us #WashingtonDC!
'Far From Home' Oscar Consideration Screening
#Afghanistan #India #refugees
pulitzercenter.org/event/far-ho...
'Far From Home' Oscar Consideration Screening
#Afghanistan #India #refugees
pulitzercenter.org/event/far-ho...
'Far From Home' Oscar Consideration Screening
Image Imagine being forced to flee your country, only to be persecuted in the next? Far from Home is the story of Samira Faizi, who was forced to flee Afghanistan in 2021. She ended up in India—only t...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Please join us #WashingtonDC!
'Far From Home' Oscar Consideration Screening
#Afghanistan #India #refugees
pulitzercenter.org/event/far-ho...
'Far From Home' Oscar Consideration Screening
#Afghanistan #India #refugees
pulitzercenter.org/event/far-ho...
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#WashingtonDC friends - please join us for a very special screening of the award-winning documentary "Far from Home." (I'll be joining virtually!)
Director @ankitakumar.bsky.social in person!
FREE event - Please RSVP below.
Thank you to the National Press Club and @pulitzercenter.org
Director @ankitakumar.bsky.social in person!
FREE event - Please RSVP below.
Thank you to the National Press Club and @pulitzercenter.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
#WashingtonDC friends - please join us for a very special screening of the award-winning documentary "Far from Home." (I'll be joining virtually!)
Director @ankitakumar.bsky.social in person!
FREE event - Please RSVP below.
Thank you to the National Press Club and @pulitzercenter.org
Director @ankitakumar.bsky.social in person!
FREE event - Please RSVP below.
Thank you to the National Press Club and @pulitzercenter.org
Are you in LA this weekend? Then come watch my film, Far from Home - a documentary on Afghan refugees in India! Far from Home is produced by @brenthuffman.bsky.social and Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah is its Executive Producer. RSVP for either screening below by scanning the QR code:
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Are you in LA this weekend? Then come watch my film, Far from Home - a documentary on Afghan refugees in India! Far from Home is produced by @brenthuffman.bsky.social and Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah is its Executive Producer. RSVP for either screening below by scanning the QR code:
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Thank you Screen Magazine for the wonderful story about the Academy Award/Oscar qualification of "Far from Home" and the recent news about legendary thespian Naseeruddin Shah (“Monsoon Wedding”) joining the #documentary as executive producer: screenmag.com/afghan-refug...
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Thank you Screen Magazine for the wonderful story about the Academy Award/Oscar qualification of "Far from Home" and the recent news about legendary thespian Naseeruddin Shah (“Monsoon Wedding”) joining the #documentary as executive producer: screenmag.com/afghan-refug...
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Incredible news - legendary actor Naseeruddin Shah has joined the award-winning documentary "Far from Home"!
We are thrilled to have his support.
You can view the trailer for this documentary (just recently Oscar qualified) here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyka...
We are thrilled to have his support.
You can view the trailer for this documentary (just recently Oscar qualified) here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyka...
October 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Incredible news - legendary actor Naseeruddin Shah has joined the award-winning documentary "Far from Home"!
We are thrilled to have his support.
You can view the trailer for this documentary (just recently Oscar qualified) here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyka...
We are thrilled to have his support.
You can view the trailer for this documentary (just recently Oscar qualified) here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyka...
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🎉SPJ has honored a select group of chapters in its annual Circle of Excellence Awards. The winners were recognized during the Open Membership Meeting Wednesday evening at #MediaFest25, in Washington, D.C.
🔗Read the full press release: www.spj.org/spj-chapters...
🔗Read the full press release: www.spj.org/spj-chapters...
October 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🎉SPJ has honored a select group of chapters in its annual Circle of Excellence Awards. The winners were recognized during the Open Membership Meeting Wednesday evening at #MediaFest25, in Washington, D.C.
🔗Read the full press release: www.spj.org/spj-chapters...
🔗Read the full press release: www.spj.org/spj-chapters...
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Scenes from last night's screening of Far From Home: An Afghan Refugee Story with filmmaker
@ankitakumar.bsky.social. It was a beautiful moment to be in community, and hold a discussion afterward about covering refugees in media.❤️
@ankitakumar.bsky.social. It was a beautiful moment to be in community, and hold a discussion afterward about covering refugees in media.❤️
October 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Scenes from last night's screening of Far From Home: An Afghan Refugee Story with filmmaker
@ankitakumar.bsky.social. It was a beautiful moment to be in community, and hold a discussion afterward about covering refugees in media.❤️
@ankitakumar.bsky.social. It was a beautiful moment to be in community, and hold a discussion afterward about covering refugees in media.❤️
Spent my birthday getting bullied on X. Just because I said journalists were an important resource for public information during COVID and we shouldn’t stand by while tech bros decimate and denigrate us.
I truly wish these bots find peace in their life.
I truly wish these bots find peace in their life.
October 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Spent my birthday getting bullied on X. Just because I said journalists were an important resource for public information during COVID and we shouldn’t stand by while tech bros decimate and denigrate us.
I truly wish these bots find peace in their life.
I truly wish these bots find peace in their life.
All my friends want to know what I plan to do today. My response literally is, I just want to sleep and rest. I guess this is how birthdays look like once you turn 33?
October 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
All my friends want to know what I plan to do today. My response literally is, I just want to sleep and rest. I guess this is how birthdays look like once you turn 33?
Thank you to the Burqas and Beer podcast for featuring me and my film, Far from Home! Check out the episode on Spotify. We are currently on an Oscar campaign and your support will help bring this film to more people across the world! @brenthuffman.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/13lR...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Thank you to the Burqas and Beer podcast for featuring me and my film, Far from Home! Check out the episode on Spotify. We are currently on an Oscar campaign and your support will help bring this film to more people across the world! @brenthuffman.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/13lR...
open.spotify.com/episode/13lR...
Grateful for another year around the sun!
October 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Grateful for another year around the sun!
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There are many million-dollar #Oscar campaigns.
Not this one. This effort is run on passion and will to make a positive difference for the subjects of the documentary, #Afghan refugees facing persecution in #India.
Not this one. This effort is run on passion and will to make a positive difference for the subjects of the documentary, #Afghan refugees facing persecution in #India.
I’m excited to announce that @kalwradio.bsky.social is hosting a special screening of Far from Home! Meet me at the KALW space in SF on October 7 for the screening and a discussion on refugee rights.
www.eventbrite.com/e/far-from-h...
www.eventbrite.com/e/far-from-h...
Far From Home: An Afghan Refugee Story with filmmaker Ankita M. Kumar
KALW presents a screening of Far From Home and a discussion on refugee rights with filmmaker Ankita M. Kumar & Dr. Sedique Popal.
www.eventbrite.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If you want me to believe that this administration isn’t against Indians and Mexicans then you clearly don’t know anything about America
October 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If you want me to believe that this administration isn’t against Indians and Mexicans then you clearly don’t know anything about America
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There's a very good movie I think you should watch called "Judgment at Nuremberg". It's largely concerned with how fascism grows by convincing people to collaborate right up until they reach their redlines, and then quietly replacing them once the fascists decide they're ready to cross the redlines.
September 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There's a very good movie I think you should watch called "Judgment at Nuremberg". It's largely concerned with how fascism grows by convincing people to collaborate right up until they reach their redlines, and then quietly replacing them once the fascists decide they're ready to cross the redlines.
I’m excited to announce that @kalwradio.bsky.social is hosting a special screening of Far from Home! Meet me at the KALW space in SF on October 7 for the screening and a discussion on refugee rights.
www.eventbrite.com/e/far-from-h...
www.eventbrite.com/e/far-from-h...
Far From Home: An Afghan Refugee Story with filmmaker Ankita M. Kumar
KALW presents a screening of Far From Home and a discussion on refugee rights with filmmaker Ankita M. Kumar & Dr. Sedique Popal.
www.eventbrite.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I’m excited to announce that @kalwradio.bsky.social is hosting a special screening of Far from Home! Meet me at the KALW space in SF on October 7 for the screening and a discussion on refugee rights.
www.eventbrite.com/e/far-from-h...
www.eventbrite.com/e/far-from-h...
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"Far from Home" is now an Oscar-qualified short #documentary!
Please join me in supporting this beautiful and moving award-winning film chronicling the situation for #Afghan refugees in #India!
Please join me in supporting this beautiful and moving award-winning film chronicling the situation for #Afghan refugees in #India!
September 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"Far from Home" is now an Oscar-qualified short #documentary!
Please join me in supporting this beautiful and moving award-winning film chronicling the situation for #Afghan refugees in #India!
Please join me in supporting this beautiful and moving award-winning film chronicling the situation for #Afghan refugees in #India!
Our beautiful short doc, Far from Home, is now Oscar® qualified! We started this film 3 years ago with a vision to tell the world the untold story of Afghan refugees in India. There is more exciting news coming your way and we can't wait to share it! @brenthuffman.bsky.social @pulitzercenter.org
September 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Our beautiful short doc, Far from Home, is now Oscar® qualified! We started this film 3 years ago with a vision to tell the world the untold story of Afghan refugees in India. There is more exciting news coming your way and we can't wait to share it! @brenthuffman.bsky.social @pulitzercenter.org
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☀️Congratulations to the 2025 Sunshine Award Winners!
- Jason Leopold, Bloomberg
- The Chicago Headline Club
- St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports and The Marshall Project
🔗Read the full press release: www.spj.org/spj-announce...
- Jason Leopold, Bloomberg
- The Chicago Headline Club
- St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports and The Marshall Project
🔗Read the full press release: www.spj.org/spj-announce...
September 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
☀️Congratulations to the 2025 Sunshine Award Winners!
- Jason Leopold, Bloomberg
- The Chicago Headline Club
- St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports and The Marshall Project
🔗Read the full press release: www.spj.org/spj-announce...
- Jason Leopold, Bloomberg
- The Chicago Headline Club
- St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports and The Marshall Project
🔗Read the full press release: www.spj.org/spj-announce...
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Tomorrow in #palmsprings!
Don’t miss this amazing doc about the harrowing situation of #Afghan refugees in #India.
Filmmaker @ankitakumar.bsky.social in person!
Don’t miss this amazing doc about the harrowing situation of #Afghan refugees in #India.
Filmmaker @ankitakumar.bsky.social in person!
We have a private screening tomorrow in Palm Springs, CA, at 5 pm. I’ll be there in person for the screening. Hope to see you there!
September 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Tomorrow in #palmsprings!
Don’t miss this amazing doc about the harrowing situation of #Afghan refugees in #India.
Filmmaker @ankitakumar.bsky.social in person!
Don’t miss this amazing doc about the harrowing situation of #Afghan refugees in #India.
Filmmaker @ankitakumar.bsky.social in person!
India has put into force a new immigration act. This means Muslim refugees are at IMMEDIATE risk of persecution.
The subjects of my film, Far from Home, are in danger. They need your support.
Watch Far from Home in LA if you can. It’s screening till September 25: bit.ly/far-from-home-la-screening
The subjects of my film, Far from Home, are in danger. They need your support.
Watch Far from Home in LA if you can. It’s screening till September 25: bit.ly/far-from-home-la-screening
September 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
India has put into force a new immigration act. This means Muslim refugees are at IMMEDIATE risk of persecution.
The subjects of my film, Far from Home, are in danger. They need your support.
Watch Far from Home in LA if you can. It’s screening till September 25: bit.ly/far-from-home-la-screening
The subjects of my film, Far from Home, are in danger. They need your support.
Watch Far from Home in LA if you can. It’s screening till September 25: bit.ly/far-from-home-la-screening
This situation back home has made me realize one thing - you can't trust TV channels in India. My trust in the media has been completed eroded.
May 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
This situation back home has made me realize one thing - you can't trust TV channels in India. My trust in the media has been completed eroded.
Please be considerate. Some of us have families back home. We are unable to sleep, eat or work. War does not bring peace - it only brings destruction. Please, for the love of God, please de-escalate now. Please! #IndiaPakistan
May 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Please be considerate. Some of us have families back home. We are unable to sleep, eat or work. War does not bring peace - it only brings destruction. Please, for the love of God, please de-escalate now. Please! #IndiaPakistan