The Art of Sharing Sikh Experiences on Netflix

It's relatively uncommon to see South Asians on American screens, and it's especially uncommon to see South Asian women. But some in the film industry are seeking to change that, including some filmmakers and production companies. A December 2021 study from Nielsen found that while South Asian men are on the screen at a rate of 2.3% of the time, South Asian women only share the screen 0.3% of the time. This is why so many South Asian Americans welcomed the news in January that Array Releasing, the distribution arm of Ava Duvernay's narrative change collective, was acquiring two feature-length films by female South Asian directors: Sujata Day's "Definition Please" and Agam Darshi's "Donkeyhead."