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Nausheen Dadabhoy, is a Pakistani-American director and cinematographer whose work spans fiction and documentary films. As a cinematographer her credits include LA FEMME ET LE TGV (2016), a live action short film Oscar nominee, Emmy winning ARMED WITH FAITH (2018), Emmy nominated NOT DONE: WOMEN REMAKING AMERICA (2020) and CONSCIENCE POINT (2019) which all aired nationally on PBS. Nausheen's films have screened at festivals worldwide including Sundance, TIFF, Tribeca, Locarno and have appeared on Netflix, HBO, Hulu and Showtime. THE GROUND BENEATH THEIR FEET (2014) — her directorial debut following two Pakistani women who were paralyzed after an earthquake — premiered at IDFA in the first appearance competition. Her second feature film, AN ACT OF WORSHIP, about the last 30 years of Muslim life in America premiered in competition at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival and will air on POV. She is currently developing an iTVS funded short documentary entitled, HALAL BODIES, about how Muslim-American children learn about sex.
Nausheen has been a Film Independent Project:Involve Fellow (2011), a Berlin Talents participant (2017), a Firelight Fellow (2018), a Chicken & Egg Eggcelerator Lab Fellow (2019), a newportFILM Documentary Cinematography Fellow (2019), a Soros Equality Fellow (2020) and she is currently a Pillars Artist Fellow (2022). She was part of DOCNYC’s inaugural “40 Under 40” which features the talented and diverse voices in documentary filmmaking today. In addition to her work as a filmmaker Nausheen also works as an educator. She was recently a lecturer at the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and previously a visiting faculty member at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology in Karachi, Pakistan. She has conducted workshops at SUNY Purchase, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Claremont McKenna College, and Bard College. She’s been a cinematography mentor for Re-Present Media and Chicken & Egg Pictures. Nausheen is based in NYC, Los Angeles and Karachi, Pakistan. She received her MFA in Cinematography from the American Film Institute Conservatory. When she’s not on set Nausheen can be found reading comics books or painting quotidian moments of life as a documentary cinematographer.
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11 June 2022
In the 1940s, the Nicholas Brothers performed a dance routine so seminal it prefigured hip hop by three decades.
19 January 2024
On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This documentary goes behind the scenes of the historic event.
20 June 2021
When one’s sole focus is to provide for their children, the stakes are extremely high. The need for multiple jobs to make ends meet has become a common reality for many families in this country, which leads to a very important question: who looks after the children while their parents work? Through the Night examines the economic and emotional toll affecting some American families, told through the lens of a 24-hour daycare center in Westchester, New York.
20 October 2023
A college student searches for justice after she discovers deepfake pornography of herself circulating online.
09 November 2012
For the past 40 years, a group of comedy writers and directors has gathered every other Wednesday for lunch - and other nourishment.
14 May 2026
Sandra Oh, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Kumail Nanjiani, Amanda Nguyen, Connie Chung, and beyond: their worlds may be disparate, but they’ve all, in their unique ways, navigated what it means to be Asian in relation to their American identities.
10 April 2026
New York-based independent investigative journalist Amy Goodman has been reporting from hotspots around the world for decades: from East Timor to Morocco, Nigeria, and Gaza, and closer to home during 9/11 and the Iraq War.
16 November 2022
Vanessa Guillen was 20 years old when she was found murdered at a US Army base. Rather than submit to silence, her family fought for justice and change.
11 June 2020
Set in motion by a tragic police-involved shooting, two communities of color navigate fraught perceptions of injustice, inequality, and discrimination in the eyes of the law.
15 June 2022
A non-binary South Asian teenager uses bharatanatyam dance to explore their gender identity.
19 March 2022
Mickey Mouse is one of the most enduring symbols in our history. Those three simple circles take on meaning for virtually everyone on the planet.
28 October 2020
"Not Done: Women Remaking America" chronicles the seismic eruption of women's organizing from the 2016 election through today, and the intersectional fight for equality that has now gone mainstream.
18 May 2017
The week after President Trump was inaugurated and the Muslim Travel ban become an Executive Order, director/cinematographer Nausheen Dadabhoy started documenting the protests breaking out at airports around the country.
19 November 2014
'The Ground Beneath Their Feet' tells the story of two young women who are paralyzed when a devastating earthquake strikes the north of Pakistan.
13 October 2019
Exposing a painful, quintessentially American geography, CONSCIENCE POINT unearths a deep clash of values between the Native American Shinnecock and their elite Hamptons neighbors, who have made sacred land their playground.
02 May 2019
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion highlights the hidden female figures that have curated and shaped hip-hop’s dynamic streetwear and ultimately swayed the entire fashion industry.
29 November 2016
Asha and John have very different experiences looking for love.
21 February 2025
Explores the life and career of cartoonist Art Spiegelman including the creation and ground-breaking impact of his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel MAUS.
29 September 2023
In the aftermath of the deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a civil lawsuit was filed against white nationalist leaders and organizations on behalf of plaintiffs who suffered injuries while peacefully counterprotesting.
09 August 2013
Fatima, a teacher living her elite life in Karachi, shattered, when her nanny Nusrat, inexplicably disappears.
17 October 2024
A revered small-town imam faces a crisis of faith when he must choose between upholding the values of his mosque or protecting the safety and spiritual belonging of a male congregant.
07 March 2020
As sexy as it is smart, Naughty Books examines the steamy world of erotic romance, following three self-published authors who go from living at the margins to making millions by transforming their fantasies into best-selling fiction—and wrestling with the stark realities of what comes after sudden success.
05 August 2016
Élise Lafontaine has a secret routine. Every morning and evening for many years, she has been waving at the express train that passes her house.
25 July 2025
Survivors, a former caregiver, and an investigator reveal systemic abuse and demand accountability from the private equity companies behind the multibillion-dollar Troubled Teen Industry that exploits vulnerable youth under the guise of care.
21 April 2023
An aspiring social worker, Pedro must confront political restrictions as a blind, undocumented immigrant to get his college degree and support his family.
08 November 2024
Fulfilling a childhood promise to her father who suffered from a fatal disease, Nita Patel made it her mission to cure infectious diseases.
09 June 2022
An Act of Worship is Pakistani-American filmmaker Nausheen Dadabhoy’s lyrical portrait of the last 20 years of Muslim Life in America as told through the lens of Muslims living in the United States.
08 May 2026
Several Muslim Americans reflect on how familial, cultural, and societal pressures shaped their worldviews on the topics of sex and relationships.
