{"id":2292373,"date":"2026-02-21T08:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2292373"},"modified":"2026-02-21T08:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:27:09","slug":"double-oscar-nominee-geeta-gandbhir-speaks-out-at-pre-bafta-south-asian-gathering-we-are-living-in-an-incredibly-alarming-and-dangerous-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/double-oscar-nominee-geeta-gandbhir-speaks-out-at-pre-bafta-south-asian-gathering-we-are-living-in-an-incredibly-alarming-and-dangerous-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Oscar Nominee Geeta Gandbhir Speaks Out at Pre-bafta South Asian Gathering: \u2018We Are Living in an Incredibly Alarming and Dangerous Time\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Awards season descended on London this weekend \u2014 and South Asian cinema arrived with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are living in a time, particularly in the U.S., an incredibly alarming and dangerous time,\u201d double Oscar-nominated filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir<\/a> told guests at a new South Asian industry gathering in London on Friday, held during the BAFTA Film Awards weekend. \u201cThe person who gave me my first opportunity to film was the great Spike Lee<\/a> \u2013 it was the Black community in the U.S. that actually opened the door for me, and I stand on their shoulders. We fight this fight, but what happens in the U.S. has a ripple effect around the world. We speak up for ourselves, we are here for us \u2013 but you must be there for others in this time. Together we are strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gandbhir is doubly represented at this year\u2019s Academy Awards. Her documentary \u201cThe Perfect Neighbor<\/a>…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Awards season descended on London this weekend \u2014 and South Asian cinema arrived with it. \u201cWe are living in a time, particularly in the U.S., an incredibly alarming and dangerous time,\u201d double Oscar-nominated filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir told guests at a new South Asian industry gathering in London on Friday, held during the BAFTA Film Awards […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2292374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[25538,31714,21751,22556,21993,22860,21912,21738,24141,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-2292373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-actresses","tag-celebrities","tag-directors","tag-films","tag-hollywood","tag-movies","tag-news","tag-stars","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Double-Oscar-Nominee-Geeta-Gandbhir-Speaks-Out-at-Pre-bafta-South.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2292373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2292375,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292373\/revisions\/2292375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2292373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2292373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2292373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}