Using footage from mainstream British and Hollywood films, and excerpts from a poem by Shani Mootoo, this video explores the impact of cultural imperialism and the erasure of language—residual tools of oppression on members of post-colonial societies.
This title is also available on The New McLennium.
Born in Kenya but of South Asian descent, Meena Nanji moved to England when she was nine and to Los Angeles when she was 17. Her work concerns the global diaspora of post-colonial peoples and the disruption and replacement of cultural values, traditions, and ideologies that result from these migrations.