Tennessee Watson
Reporter
America AbroadTennessee Watson is an award-winning artist and educator who independently and collaboratively produces documentary radio and film, oral history projects, and interactive trans-media projects.
Tennessee Watson is an award-winning artist and educator who independently and collaboratively produces documentary radio and film, oral history projects, and interactive trans-media projects. She has an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College. She lives between Vermont and NYC.
How comedy explains what it’s like to be Muslim and a woman growing up in the West
Writer and performer Nadia Manzoor is a proud Muslim and feminist — now. But as a headstrong young woman, raised in a conservative Pakistani immigrant family, her curiosity, intellect and wit were not welcomed. Being true to her stubborn and sarcastic spirit, Manzoor has used comedy to push boundaries and promote a more inclusive understanding of Islam.
