Resources

 

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Watch

• BFI Player, South Asian Britain On Film

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Books

• Desai, J. (2004), Beyond Bollywood: The Cultural Politics of South Asian Diasporic Film, Routledge
   

• B. Korte and C. Sternberg (2004), Bidding For The Mainstream? Black And Asian British Film Since The 1990s, Editions Rodopi B.V.

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• S. Malik (2001), Representing Black Britain: Black And Asian Images On Television, SAGE Publications Ltd.

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Magazines

• Film Stories, Issue 4, East Is West, The Evolution Of Mainstream British Asian Cinema, by Aman Beesla (2019)

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• Film Stories, Issue 4, Wild West: Southall Or Bust, by Hamish Mèk Chohan (2019)

 

• Film Stories, Issue 6, Making Yesterday, by Simon Brew (2019)

 

• Film Stories, Issue 7, Gurinder, by Simon Brew (2019)

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Online reads

• Asian Culture Vulture, BFI India And British Asian Films Old And New Online - Treasure Trove Of Retro Films And Early Works Of Star Filmmakers..., by UNKNOWN (2017)

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• The Atlantic, Bend It Like Beckham And The Art Of Balancing Cultures, by Rajpreet Heir (2017)

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• BFI, Riz Ahmed On Mogul Mowgli: 'It Was Like A Curb Your Enthusiasm Moment Put Through A Muslim Filter', by Lou Thomas (2020)

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• BFI Screen Online, Asian-British Cinema, by Cary Rajinder Sawhney (DATE UNKNOWN)

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• British Council, Why Are There Hardly Any Films For British Indians?, by Deborah Sathe (2015)

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• Brown Girl Magazine, Representing The Underrepresented: In Conversation With British South Asian Actress Seyan Sarvan, by Sharlene Gandhi (2019)

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• The Craft Magazine, What Is The Nature Of South Asian Representation On Screen & Why Are These Representations Important, by Sami Read (2020)

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• Criterion, The South Asian Britain Of My Beautiful Laundrette, by Sarfraz Manzoor (2015)

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• FGIRLS CLUB, I’m Still Looking For South Asian Role Models In Films, by Maia Flora (2021)

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• Film Stories, Wild West: The 1992 British Movie That Refused To Adhere To Expectations, by Hamish Mèk Chohan (2020)

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• The Guardian, British-Asian Cinema: The Sequel, by Sarfraz Manzoor (2011)

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• The Guardian, 'It's Those Invisible Lines': Midlands Film-Makers On Lack Of Diversity, by Lanre Bakare and Rhi Storer (2020)

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• The Guardian, My Film Is Bridging Cultural Divides. This Gives Me Hope In Such Polarised Times, by Sarfraz Manzoor (2019)

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• The Guardian, We Need Way More Asian Leads On Our Screens. Here's How To Get Them, by Yasmeen Khan (2019)

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• i, Gurinder Chadha: 'I'm The Only Female, British Asian Film Director. It's Lonely', by Kaleem Aftab (2017)

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• Interview, Riz Ahmed And Octavia Spencer On The Burden Of Representation, by Octavia Spencer (2020)

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• Little White Lies, Bend It Like Beckham Remains A Vital Portrayal Of British Asian Adolescence, by Salma Haidrani (2018)

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• NBC News, For Beatles-Singing Star Himesh Patel, 'Yesterday' Represents The Future Of Film, by Jason Pham (2019)​

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• The Norwich Radical, Blinded By The Light, Yesterday, And British South Asian Representation In Cinema, by Ananya Wilson-Bhattacharya (2019)

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• The Quietus, No Longer Outsiders? On South Asian Representation In UK Culture, by Tara Joshi (2016)

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• University Of Leicester, British South Asian Cinema And Identity I 'Nostalgia In The Post-National: Contemporary British Cinema And The South-Asian Diaspora' by E. Anna Claydon (2010)

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• Variety, 'I Was Told To Sound 'More Asian,' But Asia Is A Continent’: Daring U.K. Survey Sheds Light On Racism In Casting (EXCLUSIVE), by Manori Ravindran (2021)

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• Voice, There Should Be More British-Asians In British Media, by Sadhana Narayanan (2019)