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Scenario

Why genre expectations limit cross-cultural storytelling

My film combines Bollywood dance sequences with documentary footage about immigration but film festivals keep rejecting it saying the genres do not mix well

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Industry categorization systems prevent innovative narrative approaches that reflect multicultural experience.

Your guide for this
Mura
Mura works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Cross-cultural creativity — aesthetics across traditions?”

Peri

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