Real Talkies
54 min Documentary
Broadcast: 2M Moroccan TV, Dec 24, 2023
Director: Hisham Aidi
Producer: Sophie Schrago
DP & Editor: Chithra Jeyaram
In the late 1950s Hassan Ouakrim was a young dancer and actor in Morocco. Little did he know that he would soon become the protegé of La Mama Theatre founder Ellen Stewart, performing across America, forming friendships with the likes of jazz virtuosos Ornette Coleman and Randy Weston, and becoming a pioneer in spreading Berber dance and music in North America.
Feature Documentary
Anticipated Release 2024
Director: Tami Gold
Editor: Chithra Jeyaram
Every day in cities across the country, hundreds of people are arrested for engaging in or offering consensual acts with adults. Their crime? Trading sex for the money. They are harassed, denied housing, incarcerated, and threatened by police officers. Today sex workers are building a growing movement demanding that consensual sexual acts between adults be decriminalized. This is their story.
Short Fiction (2022)
Director: Snigdha Kapoor
Editor: Chithra Jeyaram
Tara, a South Asian queer woman finally comfortable with her identity, nervously goes to see her eight- year- old biological son after years, but is unprepared for the tensions that resurface with his white adoptive parents.
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Look Like You premiered at the 45th Asian American International Film Festival and received the Audience Award for the Narrative Short category.
Branded Content (2021)
Director: Rose Bush
Editor: Chithra Jeyaram
Created (by New Balance) in conjunction with Front Runners New York, the film tells the story of the historic 40-year-old Front Runners NY LGBT Pride Run® and features Urie Dvorozniak, a New Yorker and non-binary unemployed college graduate longing for community and personal healing as they work to embrace their identity, build confidence and re-imagine their potential, all illustrating the importance of being able to compete as ourselves.
Documentary Series Speaking Frankly
Episode Symbolic Justice (2020)
Producer: Leila Abu-saada
Editor: Chithra Jeyaram
"With renewed calls for racial justice in America come fresh demands to take down Confederate monuments, rid sports teams of Native American mascots, and rebrand products that use racist caricatures. But some say the focus on imagery distracts from the fight for systemic change. This CBSN Originals documentary explores the impact of dismantling these symbols of the past – and the push for a more equitable future.
Documentary Series (2018)
Director: Andre Perez
Editor: Chithra Jeyaram
Digital Series & Ep. 4
is a Revry documentary series exploring relationships, community, and social issues for trans people of color.