Pratibha Parmar
@pratibha.bsky.social
Writer. Director Film & TV (feature docs: My Name Is Andrea, Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth - T.V.- Queen Sugar, Law&Order: SVU
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These days I need a daily reminder of beauty. This beautiful handmade butterfly by a dear friend popped through the post today. Softening the despair at deliberately inflicted evil. #friends #beauty #goldenbutterflies
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
These days I need a daily reminder of beauty. This beautiful handmade butterfly by a dear friend popped through the post today. Softening the despair at deliberately inflicted evil. #friends #beauty #goldenbutterflies
Happy Diwali. May the light lead us to liberation.
October 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Happy Diwali. May the light lead us to liberation.
Fly high dear Assatta Shakur . You personified truth, grace and courage. It was an honour to meet you with Alice Walker & Angela Davis and feel the warmth of your smile. This photo and posting from Alice Walkers website.
September 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Fly high dear Assatta Shakur . You personified truth, grace and courage. It was an honour to meet you with Alice Walker & Angela Davis and feel the warmth of your smile. This photo and posting from Alice Walkers website.
It is an honour to be asked to give the Annual Maud Sulter lecture.
Friday 31 October, 4.30 - 6pm
Glasgow School of Art, Reid Building
🎟 Free, open to all
Friday 31 October, 4.30 - 6pm
Glasgow School of Art, Reid Building
🎟 Free, open to all
September 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It is an honour to be asked to give the Annual Maud Sulter lecture.
Friday 31 October, 4.30 - 6pm
Glasgow School of Art, Reid Building
🎟 Free, open to all
Friday 31 October, 4.30 - 6pm
Glasgow School of Art, Reid Building
🎟 Free, open to all
WedAug6th @ICALondon is screening my film, Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth. Looking forward 2being in conversation with @nydiaswaby season curator my films as part of Connecting Thin Black Lines exhibition by artist Lubaina Himid.This clip-Alice Walker in Gaza in 2009 and on the Freedom Flotilla2011
August 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
WedAug6th @ICALondon is screening my film, Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth. Looking forward 2being in conversation with @nydiaswaby season curator my films as part of Connecting Thin Black Lines exhibition by artist Lubaina Himid.This clip-Alice Walker in Gaza in 2009 and on the Freedom Flotilla2011
Must see exhibition @whitechapelgallery.bsky.social Spent a precious few hours with curator Dominic Johnson of Hamid Butt’s retrospective exhibition. Scandalous that his incredible work has not had the exposure it deserves. He was one of the most innovative artists of his generation #HamadButt
August 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Must see exhibition @whitechapelgallery.bsky.social Spent a precious few hours with curator Dominic Johnson of Hamid Butt’s retrospective exhibition. Scandalous that his incredible work has not had the exposure it deserves. He was one of the most innovative artists of his generation #HamadButt
Missing this green horizon.. these green hills. @cameowood.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Missing this green horizon.. these green hills. @cameowood.com
I often sit on this bench near where he lived. Loved him.
June 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I often sit on this bench near where he lived. Loved him.
April 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
With my beloved #shaheenhaq at our fave place #limantourbeach #pointreyesnationalpark #writingretreat #luckyus
April 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
With my beloved #shaheenhaq at our fave place #limantourbeach #pointreyesnationalpark #writingretreat #luckyus
Looking forward to speaking @soasuni.bsky.social on February 20th at this public seminar. In conversation with Dr Abeera Khan, Lecturer in Gender and Sexuality. See you there.
February 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Looking forward to speaking @soasuni.bsky.social on February 20th at this public seminar. In conversation with Dr Abeera Khan, Lecturer in Gender and Sexuality. See you there.
January 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
December 28, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Tonight at an emergency vigil called by health workers in London standing with Palestinian people. Destruction of hospitals is a war crime. #ceasefireInGazaNOW #StopTheGenocideOfPalestinians
December 28, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Tonight at an emergency vigil called by health workers in London standing with Palestinian people. Destruction of hospitals is a war crime. #ceasefireInGazaNOW #StopTheGenocideOfPalestinians
The extraordinary African American poet #JuneJordan speaking in 1991. #litmustest #palestinianrights #lgbtq+
December 18, 2024 at 4:53 PM
The extraordinary African American poet #JuneJordan speaking in 1991. #litmustest #palestinianrights #lgbtq+
Lashings of rain, wind and high tides #kentcoast #drama I wasn’t prepared for. Distracting me from my #writing
December 8, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Lashings of rain, wind and high tides #kentcoast #drama I wasn’t prepared for. Distracting me from my #writing
Pure pleasure listening to @alexispauline.bsky.social reading from her stunning biography of Audre Lorde, Survival Is A Promise. On screen behind, a still of Audre Lorde from archival gem ‘In Conversation with Audre Lorde’ by the Late Start Video Collective. #Plymouth #TheBox
November 23, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Pure pleasure listening to @alexispauline.bsky.social reading from her stunning biography of Audre Lorde, Survival Is A Promise. On screen behind, a still of Audre Lorde from archival gem ‘In Conversation with Audre Lorde’ by the Late Start Video Collective. #Plymouth #TheBox
Apricity- warmth of the sun on a winters day.
November 17, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Apricity- warmth of the sun on a winters day.
Recently I lay under this tree and watched the clouds stand sill in the sky. #NorthernCalifornia. One of my fave places in the world. Made a couple of #films there over the years.
November 14, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Recently I lay under this tree and watched the clouds stand sill in the sky. #NorthernCalifornia. One of my fave places in the world. Made a couple of #films there over the years.