Mira Nair Archives | Talkhouse

My Season of Change and Making Cinema During a Global Pandemic

By Lydia Dean Pilcher | October 22, 2020

By Lydia Dean Pilcher | October 22, 2020

My Season of Change and Making Cinema During a Global Pandemic

Lydia Dean Pilcher, director of the new films Radium Girls and A Call to Spy, reflects on her personal and professional journey in 2020.

Queen of Katwe Is a Movie You Should Be Supporting. Why Are People Not Seeing It?

By Terence Nance | December 23, 2016

By Terence Nance | December 23, 2016

Queen of Katwe Is a Movie You Should Be Supporting. Why Are People Not Seeing It?

Terence Nance on Mira Nair's Disney movie about a young Ugandan chess prodigy, a film that's as uplifting as it promises to be.

The Hustler and the Queen, Or How Mira Nair Helped Me Leave Anti-Heroes Behind to Tell Stories of The Other

By William Wheeler | September 30, 2016

By William Wheeler | September 30, 2016

The Hustler and the Queen, Or How Mira Nair Helped Me Leave Anti-Heroes Behind to Tell Stories of The Other

Queen of Katwe screenwriter William Wheeler on how his current collaborator shifted his perspective on storytelling and the world.