Rajvi Desai
she/her

Rajvi Desai, a brown non-binary person, strares at the camera with slightly closed eyes. She has teal hair with black roots, pink eyeshadow and a brightly patterned shirt. One arm rests akimbo while the other is out of frame.

Job title
filmmaker   reporter   photojournalist  
Identity categories
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nonbinary   Indian  
Places of practice

New York City, New York, United States of America

Images
Rajvi Desai, a brown non-binary person, strares at the camera with slightly closed eyes. She has teal hair with black roots, pink eyeshadow and a brightly patterned shirt. One arm rests akimbo while the other is out of frame.

Rajvi Desai, a brown non-binary person, strares at the camera with slightly closed eyes. She has teal hair with black roots, pink eyeshadow and a brightly patterned shirt. One arm rests akimbo while the other is out of frame.

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Biography

Rajvi Desai (she/her) is a non-binary filmmaker, reporter and photojournalist, originally from India and based in New York. Her work spans initial forays into breaking news, local politics and gender-based reporting across New York City and urban India. Currently, she's working on several short documentaries, primarily as director and cinematographer as a Master's candidate at Columbia Journalism School. Areas of special interest include lived queer experiences of Black and Brown people, abolitionist narratives related to the criminal legal system, and at the risk of being incredibly specific, Mukbang ASMR.

Desai, Rajvi. “Rajvi Desai.” Rajvi Desai. Accessed May 15, 2023. https://www.rajvidesai.com/.
Filmography

  • Mother Wit

    film/video, 2022

    Online Content Creator

References
Sundance Institute. “The Sundance Institute Launches Trans Possibilities Intensive,” October 18, 2021. https://www.sundance.org/blogs/six-artists-selected-for-inaugural-program-focused-on-advancement-of-transgender-storytellers-of-color/.