Newhouse School of Communications

Tula Goenka
Associate Professor, TRF
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M.S. - Television-Radio-Film - 1986 S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University

Office: Newhouse 3 Rm. 445
Telephone: (315) 443-3376
Email: tgoenka@syr.edu

TELEVISION-RADIO-FILM professor Tula Goenka's resume includes work with several top filmmakers and notable projects during her 20 years of experience in the film and television industry.

An associate professor at Newhouse, Goenka has worked with Spike Lee on "Do The Right Thing" and "Malcolm X," James Ivory on "Surviving Picasso," and Mira Nair on "Salaam Bombay!" and "Mississippi Masala." She has also worked on several award-winning documentaries, including "Unzipped," the story of fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, and "Keep The River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale" about explorer and writer Tobias Schneebaum.

In 2002, Goenka produced and edited the award-winning PBS documentary "Dancing On Mother Earth." This film chronicles a year in the life of Oneida Indian singer/songwriter Joanne Shenandoah and was screened in several film festivals, including the prestigious Smithsonian's Native American Film and Video Festival. Her documentary, “El Charango” was an official selection at the AFI/Doscovery SilverDocs Film Festival in 2006.

Goenka was born and raised in India and continues to be very involved in the South Asian community in America. She is a founding member of Sakhi for South Asian Women, a New York City based organization working to end violence against women. She is currently on the Board of Directors of Breakthrough, an international non-profit organization that raises human rights awareness using popular culture. Goenka also serves as the director of Syracuse University's annual South Asian Human Rights Film Festival.

Expertise:

• Digital Cinema
• Film / TV
• Post Production
• South Asian Women Directors