Oral History Interview with Leela Acharya

Oral History Interview with Leela Acharya

Feminism, Activism, Film, Desh Pardesh, oral history, Toronto, festival, arts programming, Mike Harris

Acharya was an activist that was involved in the progressive feminist scene in Toronto prior to hearing about Desh Pardesh. She later went on to work in the programming committee for Desh Pardesh. In this interview, Acharya discusses how the programming committee selected items for the festival to be as inclusive as possible, while giving extra attention to especially marginalized voices. She also discusses the political climate of Desh and the Toronto area prior and post Harris government.

South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC)

(unknown)

Anna Malla
LGBTQ Oral History DIgital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

PDF, WAV

English

Sound, Text

1990s Toronto