ABOUT OMUSHA

 

Omusha Communications is a New York-based production agency specializing in social documentaries, advocacy videos, consulting, and post-production.  Its main objective is to create media projects that can be used to frame discussions around topics relevant to South Asia and its worldwide diaspora.  These include, but are no means limited to, issues such as globalization and its attendant electronic media cultures, ethnicity and media, race and gender.  Recent work includes The Community I Serve (2008),  an educational video on police procedures while dealing with persons with mental illness; Documenting Our Presence (2007), on the stigma of mental illness among minorities and immigrants and Raising Our Voices (2002), which addresses hate-crime victims and has been screened at the Smithsonian, the Dallas Asian American Film Festival and over 150 academic institutions and community-based organizations.  Omusha's productions have been screened at film festivals and have won awards at juried competitions.  Most recently, Omusha Communications was awarded the Ambassador's award by the NJ Governor's Council on Mental Health Stigma for the sensitive and empathetic portrayal of the stigma of mental illness among minorities.

 

  Aabha Adhiya has over 18 years experience in media production ranging from television commercials, corporate videos, documentaries and ethnic programming.  Her areas of expertise are production management, professional presentation strategies, and communication consulting.  She has also taught in the Communication department at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut.  Aabha has also worked with organizations such as TV Asia, Eye on Asia, and Arthur Greenwald Productions where she assisted in the production of programming for the Sci-Fi channel.

Aabha manages the day-to-day running of Omusha Communications and is responsible for all of the agencies media relations.  She has a B.A. in English Literature and Psychology from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, an M.A. in Philosophy from Bombay University, and an M.S. in Radio/TV/Film from Indiana State University.

 

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Aashish Kumar is a media educator and independent media producer whose production portfolio consists of documentaries, programs for public broadcasting and fundraising videos for nonprofit organizations. His reviews and research has been published in the Journal of Film and Video, Journal of Transnational Broadcasting, Feedback, and the Almanac of the International Council of NATAS.

His current research and practice is focused on engaging media production students in community advocacy issues. Towards this enterprise, he is working on setting up "Media Action Project, Hofstra," a University-based community media production entity. He recently served as Program Director of Documenting Diversity, a summer Documentary Filmmaking workshop for High School kids. Aashish is also involved in an advisory capacity with the 1st Databazaar South Asian Scholarship Fund.

Aashish has a B.A. and an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Delhi, an M.S. in Radio/TV/Film from Indiana State University, and an M.F.A. in Television Production from the City University of New York, Brooklyn College.   He is currently employed as an Associate Professor at Hofstra University School of Communication.

 

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