Sindha Agha

Op-Docs I was struggling with quarantine — until I found the polar explorers. Video transcript transcript How to Be Alone I was struggling with quarantine — until I found the polar explorers. It’s been seven days. 12 days. 26 days. 47 days. 55 days. Alone in my house. Every morning in quarantine, I wake up at 7:00. OK, maybe at 8:00, or at least before 9:00. I try my best to shower first, or maybe I should exercise first or maybe I should eat first.

Op-Docs for International Women’s Day. ‘Birth Control Your Own Adventure’ By Sindha Agha After going on the pill at age 11 for painful endometriosis, a young woman says, “I deserve birth control, but I also deserve better birth control.” Video transcript transcript Birth Control Your Own Adventure How my side effects made me four different people I got my first period when I was 11. My dad stayed home. He waved incense over my head and blasted Gregorian chants from the boombox.

By Sindha Agha How did you get started in filmmaking? I grew up in a small town in central Illinois and was extremely restless in that environment, so I turned to writing and then photography as an outlet. My mom was great about taking me to the local video rental store and encouraging me to pick out independent films. When I became particularly obsessed with a film, she’d buy me a copy so I could properly study it.