As much as I agree with Aamer Rahman’s critique of Ted Talks (“pacing around on stage with a headset recycling some basic ideas dressed up as apolitical new-age empowerment rhetoric while an audience of middle-class white ppl claps for itself”), I am preparing to speak about “borders” and what they mean to my film/art work as well as my journey as a human being and activist. It’ll be at Geva Theatre Center on March 3rd. As with everything else I do, this TEDxRochester talk will be infused with politics. And I will try not to pace around too much 🙂