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202117th Annual (Virtual)
Sikhlens: Sikh Arts & Film Festival 2021
November 18–19, 2021 — a virtual festival streamed on YouTube.com/Sikhlens during the COVID era. Featuring keynotes by Valarie Kaur (civil rights leader) and Harmeet Kaur (CNN).
Platform
Where It Aired
Venue
Online — YouTube.com/Sikhlens
Santa Ana, CA
Parking
Virtual festival — free livestream on YouTube during the COVID era.
People
Speakers & Panelists
Keynotes
- SS
Shivi Singh Legha
Art historian — "Vanishing Traces"
Keynote on Indian cultural heritage and vanishing Sikh sites.
- VK
Valarie Kaur
Civil rights leader, filmmaker
Keynote on civil rights and Revolutionary Love.
- HK
Harmeet Kaur
CNN, culture writer
Keynote at Red Carpet Night.
Hosts / MCs
- PM
Pavneet Mac
Attorney, musician
Hosted SAFF 2021 Opening Night.
- SB
Sumita Batra
Entrepreneur, henna artist
Hosted SAFF 2021 Red Carpet Night.
Panelists
- JR
Jag Reyatt
Photographer
Virtual art exhibition of images from Pakistan.
- JK
Jahandad Khan
History researcher, Sikh cultural expert
Opening Night participant.
- AD
Anjum Dara
Government of Punjab, Curator
Opening Night participant.
- RY
Robina Yasmin
Scholar of Sikh history
Opening Night participant.
Welcome & Remarks
- DS
Daniel Struppa
President, Chapman University
Welcome remarks for the virtual opening.
- EN
Essraa Nawar
Chapman University, Development Librarian
Remarks at Opening Night.
- KR
Kevin Ross
Dean, Leatherby Libraries
Remarks at Opening Night.
- GS
Gail Stearns
Fish Interfaith Center, Chapman
Remarks at Opening Night.
- GS
Gurpreet Singh
Sikhlens
Closing remarks at Opening Night.
- SG
Stephen Galloway
Dean, Dodge College of Film & Media Arts
Welcome remarks.
Q&A / Filmmakers
- OS
Ojaswwee Sharma
Indian documentarian
Q&A — 28+ festival selections.
Partners
Sponsors
Presenting
- Fairmont Private Schools
- Commercial Bank of California (CBOC)
- Fletcher Jones Mercedes-Benz
- Yogi Tea
- Frida Cinema
- Chapman University Center for Global Education
- Chapman University Dodge College
- Chapman University Fish Interfaith Center
- Chapman University Leatherby Libraries
- Chapman University School of Pharmacy
Gold
- Aahs Signs
- Akal Security
- Cambridge Financial
- Frontier Heritage
- Halloween Club
- International Multimedia Company Inc.
- IRG: Marble Company
- JR Foto
- JR and Rashmi Shah
- Kaiser Permanente
- Manohar's Delhi Palace
- Singh Chevrolet