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HER

By Geeta GANDBHIR

Documentary - Development 2023

HER is a feature-length documentary that will be an exploration of the lives and music careers of a group of women who collaborated with, and inspired, a music icon.

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- USA
- Director(s)
- Geeta GANDBHIR
- Producer(s)
- Sonita GALE (Galeforce Films), Theo LONDON
- Synopsis
- HER tells the story of the women who worked alongside a male music icon, those who were inspired by him and those who inspired him. The film will shed a light on the female artists who were integral to changing how the world looked at race, gender, sexuality and politics, through the lens of popular culture.
  
  This multigenerational documentary will celebrate the untold stories of these influential female figures. HER is split into chapters based on different musical eras - with each section showcasing a group of female artists whose careers were ascendant at the time. From the 1970s, when the Minneapolis music scene was taking shape, to the glamorous 1980s and 1990s, and onwards to today’s generation of artists.
  
  The director bringing this special project to the screen is Geeta Gandbhir. As director and producer, she has been nominated for three Emmy Awards and won two. Her most recent film Apart, co-directed with Rudy Valdez, is currently playing on HBO Max.
  
  She is currently directing and showrunning a series for HBO Max and SOB Productions titled Black and Missing which will air in 2021. Her 2020 short film with Topic Studios Call Center Blues was shortlisted for a 2021 Academy Award. She recently directed an episode of the five-part series of The Asian Americans for PBS, which won a 2021 Peabody Award.
  
  Geeta has been a recipient of a Ford Foundation grant, a MacArthur Grant, and Chicken and Egg’s prestigious Breakthrough Filmmaker Award.