Subasri Krishnan is a filmmaker whose works deal with questions citizenship through the lens of memory, migration and interrogation of official identity documents. Her films include “Brave New Medium” on internet censorship in South-East Asia, This or That Particular Person about official identity documents and Aadhar, “What the Fields Remember” on the Nellie massacre in Assam in 1983 and “Sikhirni Mwsanai” (Dance of the Butterfly) about a disappearing live performance music form in Chirang District, Assam. Her documentary feature (under development) “Shadowlines” and a forthcoming oral testimony project “Facing History and Ourselves” explores ideas of citizenship, memory and migration in the state of Assam.
She leads the Media Lab at the Indian Institute for Humam Settlements (IIHS), an educational institution that works on urban practices, and is a part of the team that curates the Urban Lens film festival.
