Harjant Gill is a professor of anthropology at Towson University and an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work moves between ethnography and visual storytelling to explore masculinity, migration, and media in South Asia. He is the director of Roots of Love, Mardistan/Macholand, and Sent Away Boys, films that have been broadcast internationally on the BBC, PBS, and Doordarshan and screened widely in academic and public forums. His scholarship appears in leading journals including American Anthropologist, Ethnography, and Visual Anthropology Review. His forthcoming book, Coming of Age in Macholand (University of Chicago Press), examines patriarchy, violence, and transnational migration in Indian Punjab through a deeply personal ethnographic lens. A recipient of fellowships from the American Institute of Indian Studies, Fulbright-Nehru, Point Foundation, Wenner-Gren, Whiting, and Woodrow Wilson foundations, Gill was born in Chandigarh, India, grew up in Northern California, and now lives in Washington, DC.
"In a world where, increasingly, art is bowing to commercial considerations, it is heartening to find young filmmakers like Harjant Gill who have the courage to use their art as an instrument for social change." - Shabana Azmi, Actress & Human Rights Activist, Mumbai, India.
Contact: hgill@towson.edu