Mira Nair

For much of her career, director Mira Nair has made films very much based on the Indo-American experience, whether it's Mississippi Masala in 1991, The Namesake in 2006 or any of the number of short films she's done over the years. That thematic throughline has been set aside for Nair's latest film, Amelia , which teams her with Hilary Swank to bring the story of famed aviator Amelia Earhart to the big screen. Earhart became famous for...