Vidhu Vincent is an Indian film director, writer, journalist and
theatre activist from Kerala. She made her feature film debut with the
Malayalam film Manhole, which won her that year's Kerala State Film
Award for Best Director. At the 21st International Film Festival of
Kerala, the film won two awards including the Best Debutant Director
Award for Vincent.Born in Kollam, Vincent started her career as a
television journalist with Asianet. During her stint with the channel,
she was attracted towards documentaries and filmmaking which led to
her eventually joining the Centre for Development of Imaging
Technology, Thiruvananthapuram. Her reporting about Sand mining in
Kerala, Endosulfan victims in Kasaragod and attack on women had
generated widespread discussion in the Kerala Legislative Assembly and
among general public in the State. She was a reporter with Asianet
News when Muthanga incident took place in 2003, and she left her job
and joined the movement. She was later arrested by the police for
participating in Muthanga agitations. She took a break from her career
to pursue degrees in Master of Social Work and Master of Arts
(philosophy) before joining to daily journalism with a long reporting
essay on "Society and Insurgency in Manipur, India" in 2014.In 2010,
Vincent became the first President of Penkoottu, an organization which
highlights the plight of women employees in the unorganized sector. In
2017, she took a leadership role in the formation of Women in Cinema
Collective as a response to the violence against female artist and
workers in the Malayalam film industry.
theatre activist from Kerala. She made her feature film debut with the
Malayalam film Manhole, which won her that year's Kerala State Film
Award for Best Director. At the 21st International Film Festival of
Kerala, the film won two awards including the Best Debutant Director
Award for Vincent.Born in Kollam, Vincent started her career as a
television journalist with Asianet. During her stint with the channel,
she was attracted towards documentaries and filmmaking which led to
her eventually joining the Centre for Development of Imaging
Technology, Thiruvananthapuram. Her reporting about Sand mining in
Kerala, Endosulfan victims in Kasaragod and attack on women had
generated widespread discussion in the Kerala Legislative Assembly and
among general public in the State. She was a reporter with Asianet
News when Muthanga incident took place in 2003, and she left her job
and joined the movement. She was later arrested by the police for
participating in Muthanga agitations. She took a break from her career
to pursue degrees in Master of Social Work and Master of Arts
(philosophy) before joining to daily journalism with a long reporting
essay on "Society and Insurgency in Manipur, India" in 2014.In 2010,
Vincent became the first President of Penkoottu, an organization which
highlights the plight of women employees in the unorganized sector. In
2017, she took a leadership role in the formation of Women in Cinema
Collective as a response to the violence against female artist and
workers in the Malayalam film industry.
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