House of Women
Michelle Williams Gamaker
In 1946, the white actress Jean Simmons was cast for the character of the silent dancing girl Kanchi in the British film production Black Narcissus (1947). Wearing dark make-up and a jewel in her nose, she played the exotic temptress of the novel of the same name. House of Women recasts the role, auditioning only Indian ex-pat or first-generation British Asian women and non-binary individuals living in London. Unlike in the original role, the re-cast Kanchi of the 21st Century speaks.
Michelle Williams Gamaker
Michelle Williams Gamaker is a London-based artist filmmaker. Her latest project is The Eternal Return, the third film in a trilogy which explores the idea of brown protagonists. Williams Gamaker is a Lecturer in BA Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, University of London, Chair of Trustees at Pavilion in Leeds and co-founder of the Women of Colour Index (WOCI) Reading Group with Samia Malik and Rehana Zaman.
