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WARRIOR MARKS

"A particularly difficult and distressing issue for television to tackle, but it's superbly and sympathetically handled here." - The Sunday Times
"This superlative documentary ... an artful blend of images, words, ideas and music that the unpalatable message is delivered in an edifying and politically effective manner." - The Globe and Mail, Toronto
"The haunting beauty of the film is underscored by Parmar's attention to detail, Walker's intensity and the honesty of the women and girls they film." - Deneuve, California
"Alice Walker and Pratibha Parmar have given a blueprint for how the artistic becomes the political." - City Pages

"...solid and visually rich documentary ...." - Robin Podolsky
A Place of Rage is a terrific new documentary ....the film is lively, well constructed, finely edited, musically and visually evocative and it's very smart." - Randy Turoff . S.F. Bay Times
An outstanding film in which Parmar manages to turn the documentary genre on its ear long enough to catch and hold the audience's attention." - Arlyn Gajilan, The Guardian.
This lyrical film begins the much needed exploration of the Afro-American women who sustained and inspired the Civil Rights Movement of the 60's. By shining an intimate light on some of our best known artists / activists Parmar eloquently reveals the power and poetry of the hidden faces ...... Her film is a visual embrace of who black women really are ." - Jewelle Gomez

"Khush is a documentary excellently directed and produced by Pratibha Parmar." - Bernadine Evaristo , Spare Rib
"Khush is lyricism and documentary, art and commentary and an important lesson in social history." - Noreen C. Barnes , Bay Area Reporter . ( San Francisco )
"Sensual dance, music and performance vignettes are interspersed with the interviews, creating a film that's at times erotic and aesthetically beautiful, yet always intelligent." - A G , The San Francisco Bay Guardian

"Move over Spice Girls. Fast-paced, wryly observed, insightful, The Righteous Babes demolishes the "post" in "post-feminism. In this video, popular culture -rock music -rather than marking the end of feminism through the commodification and containment of its revolutionary promise, instead emerges as a vital and contested ground of feminism's on-going possibilities." - Ann Pellegrini Professor, Department of English and American Literature and Language , Harvard University
"The righteous rage of THE RIGHTEOUS BABES tears the cobwebs off feminism: these fierce rock divas roll it out of the libraries and into packed concert halls. A sexy, invigorating must-see for riot grrls everywhere--and for anyone who thinks feminism is dead." - Patricia R. Zimmermann - Author, REEL FAMILIES: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF AMATEUR FILM

"Pratibha Parmar's direction is dynamic, powerful and witty. ...the drama sequence featuring Nabil Shaban seducing another disabled man is utterly gripping and tender........fab telly and one of the best things OUT has braved so far." - Cherry Smyth , City Limits July 1992

Beyond introducing Namjoshi and her work to a wider audience, the film is visually very beautiful. Most striking about it is the overwhelming respect with which Parmar has filmed her subject." - Monica Dorencamp , Outweek - New York
In the din of large budget movie making, a modest, one half hour documentary should not go unnoticed. One scene where Namjoshi and her English lover recite a love poem to each other must go down as one of the most charming on record ." - Peter Miller , New York Native

I have screened hours and hours of AIDS material and Re-Framing AIDS is one of the strongest." - Erika Suderberg , L.A. Weekly , Critics Choice