Vaishali Sinha

Vaishali Sinha (Director/Producer) is the co-director of the feature length documentary film Made in India about outsourcing of surrogacy. The film has received several competitive grants and also been nominated for the Nation Institute’s Ridenhour Documentary Prize for excellence in truth telling. Vaishali has directed award-winning films such as Red Roses, exploring the lives of South Asian women who come to the United States through marriage and family, and Choose Life?, a short film on abortion and personal choice. Vaishali is currently co-directing a feature documentary on Kashmir. She also freelances as a researcher for filmmaker Richard Wormser at Videoline Productions. In the past she has worked for non-profit organizations in India promoting women’s voices, and has studied film at the New School University as well as been a participant of The Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute funded by Ford Foundation and founded by the leading South Asian women’s rights group CREA (Creating Resources for Empowerment and Action). Vaishali uses filmmaking as a platform to explore and discuss socially sensitive issues. She is from Mumbai, India and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.

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