Pallavi Somusetty is a filmmaker committed to uplifting BIPOC voices through documentary storytelling and community building. She is the Co-Director for the Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc), serving a network of non-fiction storytellers in the documentary field. Prior to this, Pallavi was a series producer for A-Doc’s Storytelling Initiative including the 2024 election-themed series, “Our Stories, Our Voices,” the 2022 Emmy-nominated “Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond”, and the inaugural 2020 series “Asian Americans in the Time of Coronavirus”.
Pallavi’s films have screened globally and her work has been supported by the IDA, Sundance, SFFILM, BAVC, CAAM, California Film Institute, Berkeley Film Foundation and more. Her award-winning cinematography has appeared on Nat Geo and PBS. Pallavi holds a documentary-focused Master in Journalism from UC Berkeley and a BA in Creative Writing from UC Santa Cruz. In her spare time she enjoys rock climbing, and musical theater, and she supports incarcerated pregnant people as a doula.