Deepa Mehta, Nisha Ganatra and Minhal Baig will help develop film scripts for underrepresented South Asian screenwriters as part of the second annual 1497 Writers Lab.
will help hothouse feature film scripts at the Hollywood talent incubator. Founded by Adeel Ahmed, Kamran Khan, and Lipica Shah, the lab aims to support and lift talent of South Asian descent to reduce their underrepresentation in the U.S. film and TV industry.
“The American film and TV industry must include our voices without limiting us to the stories we are allowed to tell. We are incredibly excited to bring this program back with such a great group of mentors and advisors to help pave a path for new voices from the South Asian community,” the trio of 1497 Writers Lab founders said in a statement. The inaugural Lab had as its mentorsdirector Gurinder Chadha, Aneesh Chaganty and Iranian-American director Maryam Keshavarz.
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