So you guys aren't terrorists?

July 19, 2017 12:19 AM

Basement Reels, a Canadian-based group making ~5min short films, both serious and silly, tailored to the Tamil diaspora community. (via tamilculture.com)

• Brown Guys vs Brown Girls Leaving the House
• If Guys Had Puberty Ceremonies (context)
• Questions that White People Ask Tamil People (← 101 on what "Tamil" means)
• Sex Before Marriage
• Being Gay in a Brown Household
• Casted Away
• Can't Tell Anyone (Sexual Abuse / Rape Culture Short Film)

posted by XMLicious (3 comments total)

There are many other videos I didn't even get to look at.
posted by XMLicious at 12:20 AM on July 19, 2017

Cheesy and enjoyable.
posted by chunking express at 6:16 AM on July 20, 2017

More information on caste on Indian cultures—Deutsche Welle's World Stories interviews a dalit (non-Tamil, I think?) woman who became a professor of Sanskrit despite prejudice against her.
posted by XMLicious at 11:12 AM on July 31, 2017