Changing Directions 2022 Filmmaker Interview Series featuring Agam Darshi Director of Donkeyhead

Episode 2.2

Welcome to episode two of the Changing Directions filmmaker interview series! Agam Darshi has just released Donkeyhead, her first feature film, on Netflix which is her first feature film thanks to Ava Duvernay's Array Releasing. Agam and I discussed the film, her career, and what it means to have her movie out in the world.

Funny Boy - Movie Review

The Movie: Funny Boy

The Director: Deepa Mehta

The Cast: Rehan Mudannayake, Arush Nand, Brandon Ingram, Nimmi Harasgama, Ali Kazmi, Agam Darshi, Seema Biswas, Shivantha Wijesinha

The Story: Explores Arjie's sexual awakening from a young boy to a teenager who falls in love with a male classmate, just as political tensions escalate between the Sinhalese and Tamils in the years leading up to the 1983 uprisings.

Colossal - Movie Review

The Movie: Colossal

The Director: Nacho Vigalondo

The Cast: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson, Dan Stevens

The Story: A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.