Premiere & Panel Discussion of
Return to Sender: Women of Color in Colonial Postcards
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Join the Huntington Historical Society with Film Maker Mara Ahmed! Best known for her non-linear multimedia work, filmmaker Mara Ahmed produces documentaries, soundscapes, and artwork that trespass political borders and challenge colonial logics. Mara was born in Lahore and educated in Belgium, Pakistan, and the US. Her practice reflects these displacements and multiplicities. She has directed and produced three films, including The Muslims I Know (2008), Pakistan One on One (2011), and A Thin Wall (2015). Her films have been broadcast on PBS and screened at international film festivals. She is currently working on The Injured Body, a documentary about racism in America that focuses on the voices of women of color. Mara’s artwork has been exhibited in New York and California. She was awarded a NYSCA grant in 2023, through the Statewide Community Regrant Program administered by the Huntington Arts Council, for her interdisciplinary project, Return to Sender: Women of Color in Colonial Postcards & the Politics of Representation. Her websites are NeelumFilms.com and MaraAhmedStudio.com. |
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The PanelistsNia Adams
Nia Adams is a community organizer in the Long Island/metro-NY area. As a self-identified liberationist & pan-Africanist, her work is rooted in a multidisciplinary and inter-generational approach to end the carceral system. She is a member of Justice League NYC and the Director of Programming at NNLB United. Farhana Huda Islam Farhana Islam is a pharmacist, the Digital Strategist and Creative Director of Muslims for Progress, the chair of the Long Island Progressive Coalition, and the creator of a cooking series called Binyskitchen. Madeline del Toro Cherney Madeline del Toro Cherney is a lecturer in the anthropology department at Stony Brook University. Her research centers on Native and contemporary Latin American culture and its effect on gender identification. |
