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Occupation Documentary filmmaker, civil rights activist Residence Los Angeles, California, United States Movies The Worst of the Worst: Portrait of a Supermax Prison Education Stanford University (B.A. Religion and IR), Harvard Divinity School (M.A. Theology), Yale Law School (J.D.) People also search for Sharat Raju, Eric Parrie, Ivy Wang, Allyssa Lamb, Aseem Mehta, Jane Cooper | ||
Storytelling for social change interfaith leader filmmaker valarie kaur
Valarie Kaur is an American documentary filmmaker, civil rights activist, and Sikh interfaith leader. After the murder of Balbir Singh Sodhi, she began to document hate crimes against Sikh and Muslim Americans immediately following the attacks of September 11, 2001, which resulted in the 2006 documentary Divided We Fall.
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- Storytelling for social change interfaith leader filmmaker valarie kaur
- Valarie kaur religion filmmaking harvard divinity
- Early life and education
- Career
- Awards
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Valarie kaur religion filmmaking harvard divinity
Early life and education
Originally from Clovis, California, Kaur was raised in the Sikh faith. Kaur holds bachelor's degrees in international relations and religion from Stanford University, a master's degree in theological studies from Harvard Divinity School, and a JD from Yale Law School.
Career
Kaur’s filmmaking and activism have focused on gun violence prevention, racial profiling, immigration detention and prison practices, and Internet neutrality. Her activism has also included education work to combat hate crimes against Muslim and Sikh Americans. She founded the Groundswell Movement, a multifaith online organizing community, and the Yale Visual Law Project.
Kaur served as the Media and Justice Fellow at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, and co-founded Faithful Internet, a campaign to inform faith leaders on Internet neutrality issues. She is the Scholar-in-Residence at Middle Collegiate Church and Senior Fellow at Auburn Theological Seminary. Kaur has given speeches at the White House, the Pentagon, and the Parliament of the World's Religions.
Divided We Fall (2008) was Kaur’s first film, created with director Sharat Raju. It was shown in 200 U.S. cities. They have made other documentary films together, including Stigma (2011) about the impact of New York City police’s Stop and Frisk policy, Alienation (2011) about immigration raids, The Worst of the Worst: Portrait of a Supermax (2012) about solitary confinement in prison, and Oak Creek: In Memorium (2012) about the 2012 mass shooting at a Sikh gurdwara in Wisconsin.
Awards
ReelWorld Film Festival
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
