US-Based Sonali Gulati is Gay Activist, Filmmaker and More

Calcutta News 

Petite and with close-cropped hair, Sonali Gulati’s quiet demeanour hardly reflects her fiery self. One of the organisers of Delhi’s first gay parade, the passionate filmmaker is a melting pot of talent, sensitivity and courage.

‘I’m an activist, an artist, and an educator,’ 35-year-old Gulati, who is a professor of filmmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University, US, told IANS here. Five of her films are being screened at the India Habitat Centre in the capital Sunday.

She divides her time between the US and India. Six films old, issues related to an individual’s identity are closest to her heart.

‘I took a course on visual anthropology and watched several ethnographic films that were mostly made by white, upper class men, and the films were about people of different colour, often from less developed countries.

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