About Ara Chawdhury

California-based Ara Chawdhury is an award winning multimedia artist who tells stories in English, Cebuano, and Filipino.

Ara challenges the media presented to the global majority by creating provocative art from the debris of cultural erasure.

Their debut feature Miss Bulalacao premiered at the 2015 Cinemaone Originals where it won Best Screenplay. It screened at the YBCA’s 2016 Best of Philippine Cinema program in San Francisco. Their children’s book Marichin Marukoy: Mangayo Ko’g Asin is available in indie bookstores all over the Philippines.