director. producer. rule-of-three follower.
I direct documentaries, nonfiction video, and theater,
I collaborate well with people who are passionate about improving our world and having a laugh while doing so.
focusing on radically
and unexpectedly
impactful stories.
Recent Work
Video
Theater
Film
Upcoming Projects
Coming Home
Onquette and her son, Eric, lead five generations of their family in the fight to free her father—wrongfully imprisoned for over fifty years due to a legal loophole.
“Coming Home” is an official selection of the San Quentin Film Festival, the first film festival to be held inside of a prison (San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly San Quentin State Prison) that showcases films by incarcerated filmmakers and by filmmakers who take on stories about criminal justice and/or incarceration. Films were chosen by a jury of people currently incarcerated at San Quentin. The film is available to view as part of their virtual film festival until 11/9.
About
Sriya Sarkar is a multidisciplinary director and creative impact producer.
She has worked across digital, film, and theater, with a focus on advocacy, impact, and political spaces.
As a multidisciplinary director and producer, her work has been mounted at the Edinburgh Fringe and played at film festivals globally. She is a co-founder of the South Asian Sexual & Mental Health Alliance (SASMHA), a digital community for next generation South Asians across the diaspora, and launched their podcast, Brown Taboo Project.
She co-founded and currently co-leads Inquilaabis, a full-service creative production house dedicated to amplifying radically impactful organizations, movements, and individuals through video production.
Her creative work has contributed to winning clemency for the wrongfully incarcerated, amplifying millions of petition signers' voices for racial justice, and destigmatizing abortion through live comedy.
Her most recent project, the short documentary Coming Home, highlighted the impact of a legal loophole on a wrongfully incarcerated man, his daughter, and five generations of his family. It premiered at the 2025 San Quentin Film Festival and contributed to his eventual release.
