Mira Nair '79, internationally acclaimed director of Monsoon Wedding and other feature films and documentaries, is the recipient of the ninth annual Harvard Arts Medal. The Arts Medal was created to honor a distinguished Harvard or Radcliffe alumnus/a or faculty member who has achieved excellence in the arts and who has made a special contribution through the arts to education or the public good.

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The Proper Introduction 4:33
The Fuel of My First Excitement 6:36
The Extraordinariness of Everyday Life 16:08
How to Make Something Out of Nothing 8:50
I Learned How to Be a Horsetrader 7:22
If We Don't Tell Our Own Stories, Nobody Else Will 5:51
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