This image is from the official trailer for “Origin” distributed by Neon. In a montage of the tragedies of race-based and caste-based oppression near the end of Ava DuVernay’s “Origin,” Isabel ...

Documentary filmmaker Chloé Zhao once said that nonfiction cinema inevitably turns to poetry to tell the truth. Independent filmmaker and researcher Somnath Waghmare has spent the past nine years ...

Ava DuVernay is an accomplished dramatic director who knows how to craft a human story around a crusading idea without letting one overwhelm the other. She proved that with 2014’s Selma, her Martin ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: And turning now to the United States, where our next guest says the death of Tyre Nichols is the latest tragedy to shine a light on the nation’s ...

In the aftermath of the Hathras case, the victim's family remains trapped in trauma, reveals Journalist Tanushree Pandey and ...

Caste has long found expression in Indian art, sometimes overt, sometimes subtle, often filtered through dominant narratives.

Filmmaker Somnath Waghmare discusses his documentary ‘Gail and Bharat’, which explores the life of Gail Omvedt—an American-born scholar who dedicated her life to India's anti-caste movement. The film ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to outlaw ...

Nearly 5.4 million South Asians live in the U.S., most of whom trace their roots to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan or Sri Lanka, according to the group South Asian Americans Leading ...