Belmaya Nepali Explained
| Belmaya Nepali |
| Native Name: | बेलमाया नेपाली |
| Native Name Lang: | ne |
| Birth Place: | Pokhara, Nepal |
| Nationality: | Nepali |
| Occupation: | Filmmaker, photographer |
| Notable Works: | Educate Our Daughters
I Am Belmaya |
| Children: | 1 |
| Awards: | UK Asian Film Festival (2019) |
Belmaya Nepali (Nepali: बेलमाया नेपाली) is a filmmaker from Nepal. She has made several award-winning documentaries depicting the life of women in Nepal especially of those from Dalit community.[1] [2]
Biography
Nepali was born in Lahachowk in Pokhara. She is the youngest of six siblings. She lost her parents at the age of nine. She got married in 2011.[3] Initially she started as a photographer after getting a short training. Her first work was published in 2007 in a book called My World, My Views.[4]
Works
- I am Belmaya is a documentary based on her own life which is co-directed by Sue Carpenter [5] [6]
- Educate Our Daughters is a documentary raising the issues of female education in Nepal.
- Rowing Against the Flow is a documentary about boat women in Pokhara's Phewa lake.
- Stronger is a documentary dealing with the Nepali women.
Awards
Notes and References
- Web site: About Time You Met: Belmaya Nepali, Filmmaker. About Time Magazine. 2021-10-27.
- Web site: Carpenter. Sue. I Am Belmaya. 2021-10-27.
- News: 0261-3077. Adhikari. Rojita. ‘The heaven of film-making’: how a Dalit orphan got to tell her own story. The Guardian. 2021-10-27. 2021-10-15.
- Web site: Reclaiming her voice through filmmaking. 2021-10-27.
- News: 0261-3077. Le. Phuong. I Am Belmaya review – uplifting story of a Nepali woman following her film-making dream. The Guardian. 2021-10-27. 2021-10-16.
- Web site: I Am Belmaya: The inspiring story of a Nepali woman who transformed her life through filmmaking. SBS Your Language. 2021-10-27.
