Govindini Murty

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Govindini Murty
Born (1974-06-20) 20 June 1974
Manipur, India
Occupation Actress, Producer, Writer

Govindini Murty (born 1974)[1] is a U.S. Indian actress and writer. She has been published in The Atlantic,[2] The Huffington Post[3] and the Los Angeles Times,[4] and is currently the Coeditor of Libertas Film Magazine.

Murty has appeared on television to share her thoughts on Hollywood and popular media. She has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, A.M.C., BBC, and in 2007 she cohosted an episode of At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper on A.B.C.[5] In addition to The Atlantic, The Huffington Post and the LA Times, her columns on film have also been published in the New York Daily News[6] and Human Events.

She is also a public speaker and independent film-maker. In 2004 Govindini cofounded with Jason Apuzzo the Liberty Film Festival,[7] held in West Hollywood, California, which promoted films with alternative messages to mainstream Hollywood from 2004 to 2008.

Murty is also the cofounder and coeditor with Jason Apuzzo of the on-line film magazine Libertas,[8] established in January 2005, which has become a widely read and influential blog in the film world. New York Times film critic A.O. Scott called Libertas “insightful as well as provocative,” and LA Times film columnist Patrick Goldstein called Libertas “a must read.”[9] In 2007, Libertas was voted one of the top three society blogs on the internet during the 2007 Weblog Awards.[10]

The Liberty Film Festival and Libertas went on hiatus in the summer of 2008, with Libertas returning in its current form as Libertas Film Magazine (L.F.M.) in the Spring of 2010.[11] The new Libertas appears to have a different emphasis from that of its predecessor. Its stated purpose is to promote "films that celebrate freedom, democracy, and the dignity of the individual," and the new site routinely features short films, feature films, webisodes, trailers and reviews of what it terms "pro-freedom films" currently in theaters or on D.V.D. Murty appears weekly on the Lars Larson national radio talk show to discuss film.

In 2009 Murty and Apuzzo also teamed to produce the independent feature film "Kalifornistan."[12] Murty stars in the film, and was its executive producer. "Kalifornistan" opened the Free Thinking Film Festival in Ottawa, Canada on November 12, 2010.[13]

See also

Portal icon Conservatism portal

References

  1. ↑ Govindini Murty's IMDb profile
  2. ↑ Govindini Murty in The Atlantic
  3. ↑ Govindini Murty at The Huffington Post
  4. ↑ Govindini Murty column in The LA Times
  5. ↑ Govindini Murty co-hosting ABC's "At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper"
  6. ↑ Govindini Murty column in The NY Daily News
  7. ↑ LA Times on The Liberty Film Festival
  8. ↑ Official Libertas website
  9. ↑ LA Times on Libertas
  10. ↑ Libertas #3 Culture Blog at Weblog Awards 2007
  11. ↑ Libertas Film Magazine
  12. ↑ Official "Kalifornistan" site
  13. ↑ Official Free Thinking Film Festival website

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