Henna Mann
Filmmaker | Writer | Researcher
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Henna Mann is a Researcher and Filmmaker based in the Lower Mainland. She holds an Honours BFA degree in Film Production from York University with specialization in directing documentaries. She has experience in producing, researching, writing and directing for short and feature-length documentaries. In her practice, she is passionate about exploring topics about history, social justice, marginalization and art therapy or art expression. Her most recent short documentary ‘Clay Remembers’ (April 2023) is about YWCA Toronto’s Inspirations Studio, a ceramics-based program which offers creative healing to women and gender-diverse people.
Henna works as a Research Coordinator at the South Asian Studies Institute (SASI) at the University of the Fraser Valley. She directed ‘Rails, Jails and Trolleys’ (August 2022), a feature-length documentary on the historic farmers’ movement in India from 2021-2022, produced by Dr. Satwinder Bains, the director of SASI. Featuring twenty interviews from activists across Canada and India, the documentary captures the electric ethos of a protest that received international attention and the resounding response by Canadians. Prior to that, Henna wrote, directed and narrated a short documentary on Canada’s National and BC’s Provincial Historic Site, ‘Gur Sikh Temple’ (April 2021), produced by SASI. Currently, she continues her work in research on South Asian Canadian history and is in early development of an upcoming project with the South Asian Canadian Digital Archive.