Kal Mansoor

• Kal Mansoor

  Writer, producer, and star of A Brief History of Colonization.

 

Artist Statement and/or Bio

• A Brief History of Colonization was written in reaction to Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, where he

  erased 2.5 million Indian soldiers from this historic event. Media has a huge impact on identity

  and excluding the participation of ethnic people from history sends the message that they don’t

  matter. I decided to address this problem with comedy. I’ve always used humor to start a

  dialogue because it’s the best tool to engage people with, and that’s what BHC is: a

  conversation about erasure, whitewashing, media representation, and identity, told through

  the lens of a funny history lesson on the colonization of India.

  Kal Mansoor is a British-born Indian actor based in New York City. He has appeared on television in Nickelodeon’s iCarly and Lifetime’s William & Kate,

  as well as television commercials for Microsoft, Intel and Tostitos. He also created and starred in the Funny Or Die web series, Spiritual Guidance with

  Steve Gandhi, about a fake spiritual guru who gives bad advice and comments on current affairs.

  • Press quote (optional)
  “Moving” – NBC News
   
  “Packed with insight and emotion, 

  challenging the way society views individuality  

  and heritage while still giving us a good laugh” – Broadway World