Naina Sen - Filmmaker

Filmmaker and video artist Naina Sen explores cultural identity, gender and equity. AACTA and Walkley nominated, her work privileges First Nations and South East Asian points of view, and includes the wonderful documentary The Song Keepers with The Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir.

In this interview, Naina discusses how focus and discipline support her creative practice.

She offers insight into the emotional and social rigour of testing your ideas, and why accountability must start (but not end) with yourself. Naina asks herself: Why are you telling the story? Why are you working with a particular group of people? Are you the right person to do that?

Through these questions, her commitment to a project is made. 

WE HEART NAINA SEN.

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Music: We are grateful for permission to use the track 'My Operator', by Time for Dreams.

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Jude Emmett
Melinda McMillan
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Stefan Wernik

AND our brilliant guests.

Series 1 of Are You Still Working?! features 8 episodes, to be released in November and December 2023.