Priya Prabhakar

Priya is an organizer, film/media-maker, and researcher. She grew up in Chennai, India and went on to earn her BA in Digital Media Studies and Philosophy at Scripps College. Priya’s body of work in media production (video, audio, and web) is deeply informed by a confluence of anti-capitalist struggle with a materialist exploration of archival and contemporary art, music, film, and design. Her work spans themes such as the perils of biometric surveillance in India, the material impact of the US blockade on Cuba, and labor organizing in California. Prior to working at [people. power. media], Priya worked as a Tenant Rights Organizer at Dolores Street Community Services, where she counseled SRO tenants in the Mission District and helped launch a popular education program.