Sunita Prasad

Sunita Prasad is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker best known for editing impactful feature documentaries such as Aftershock (Sundance Special Jury Award: Impact for Change; Hulu), Storming Caesars Palace (BlackStar Shine Award; Independent Lens), 93QUEEN (HotDocs; HBOMax), and The Ringleader (HBO). Sunita hails from an Indian immigrant family in Syracuse NY where her interest in film and storytelling was sparked through her time as a LGBTQ youth organizer. Her work as a director and video artist has screened in galleries and museums internationally including the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Centre Clark in Montreal, and Flux Factory in New York City. Sunita has been recognized as one of DOC NYC’s 40 Under 40, a Karen Schmeer Editing Fellow, and a Jerome Foundation Artist Fellow and was most recently awarded a New York State Council on the Arts grant to complete her short fiction film, Sleep Training.