Same As You - spoken word

Grateful and privileged that this short film in collaboration with Yazzie Min was one of the winners of the Asian Film Festival 2021. Supported using public funding by Art Council England and also supported by Tongues of Fire, UK Asian Film Festival. A short film capturing a spoken word performance by Yazzie Min. Yazzie wrote the poem called “Brown Women in White Worlds” to speak to the unspoken barriers that exist between women in the South Asian diaspora. This piece was written to break down those barriers and serve as a reminder of the wider family that we are all part of; that we are all sisters from our motherland, living in another land; that this should unite us, that we hold with pride. Assimilation to whiteness is something that permeates the Asian diaspora and invisibly gives rise to the more hostile energy that can exist between us. Brown Women in White Worlds highlights a sense of shared experiences, heritage and natural connection. It is an ode to all that we really are underneath and provides the hope and encouragement of what we can get back to and reclaim the joy of belonging to each other. Collaborators: Umisha Bhatia - Director. Instagram: @umi_bhatia Yazzie Min - Spoken Word Artist and Activist. Instagram: @standforhumanity Biographies Director: Umisha Bhatia Umisha is a London based filmmaker with a background in creative design. She has made videos for a number of non profit organisations and travel videos. Making films which tell an inspiring story has become a passion for Umisha. Her journey into filmmaking has been a fascinating and humbling learning curve. Filmmaking has allowed her to follow her insatiable curiosity by capturing the lives and worlds of others and sharing these stories in creatively beautiful ways. Spoken Word Artist and Activist: Yazzie Min Yazzie Min is a Spoken Word Artist / Poet, Activist, Facilitator and Founder of the Stand for Humanity movement. She is passionate about creating community and using the power of connectivity to push against apathy and spark us into remembering our power as individuals to make change. By combining performance poetry with storytelling, Yazzie conveys powerful social messages as part of the movement. Yazzie was recently awarded Exceptional Woman of Excellence by WEF in Delhi for leadership in humanity and has featured on the BBC, Warner Music, MTV, Amnesty International, Sony Music, MIND, Redbull, CBC Canada, Sofar Sounds, Camp Bestival and more. Credits Music by: Philip Guyler Art inspiration: Mikenzi Jones Special thanks: All the grandmothers featured, Onkardeep Singh, Ruhi Hamid Archive footage: BBC, Picture Alliance, Reuters/Adnan Abidi, Himal South Asian, Guardian, Meena Harris, UUA International, Claudio Cruz / AFP