Leena Jayaswal: Turning the Lens on What Mixed-Race Means in America

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Hear Leena Jayaswal, documentary filmmaker and award-winning photographer talk about how her first camera gave her agency to observe America and its culture from behind the safety of a lens. Listen as she now wields that talent to explore what mixed-race in America means in her new film called “Mixed.”

The film is a journey of two moms, one white, one brown, who travel around the country in search of what it means to be mixed-race 50 years after the historic 1967 Loving versus Virginia Supreme Court decision that made interracial marriages legal in the United States.

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Extended Interview

A Kid and a Camera

Becoming a Photographer

The Making of “Mixed”

Discovering the Stories

Episode 6. Transcript

Download the PDF for access to the complete transcript of Leena’s interview here.

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