Acclaimed director Mira Nair returns to her alma mater as recipient of the 2003 Harvard Arts Medal. The HFA is pleased to present a survey of her work as a part of the Arst First festival program. Trained in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies as a documentary filmmaker, Nair emerged as an award-winning international star of the independent cinema with her very first feature film, Salaam Bombay! Whether focusing on India, America, or issues affecting women (and most often, some combination of these themes), Nair brings a deeply felt humanist vision to her precisely observed representations.