Sujata Day’s buzzy directorial debut Definition Please premiered at Bentonville Film Festival and garnered a 2023 NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Director in a Television Movie or Special. It later won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at San Francisco CAAM Fest, Best Feature Film at Indian Film Festival of Cincinnati, Outstanding Directorial Debut Award at South Asian Film Festival of America, and the Special Jury Award for Fresh Narrative Voice at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Theatrical distribution followed via Ava DuVernay’s Array, with the film now available for streaming via Netflix. Most recently, Definition Please won Best Narrative Feature Film at Next Generation Indie Film Awards. For her work illuminating race and mental illness on film, Day was additionally profiled for NBCUniversal News Group’s Inspiring America series. In celebrating the impact of women on and off screen, Women’s Voices Now honored Day with the first-ever"‘Women Making Waves" award for her strides in the film and TV industry.
How ‘Definition Please’ creator Sujata Day wrote the roles she wanted to play, onscreen and off
LA TIMES
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‘Definition Please’ Is a South Asian Ode to Rust Belt Pennsylvania
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‘Definition Please’ Review: What Does It All Mean?
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FORBES
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‘Definition Please,’ film tackling South Asian stereotypes, heads to Netflix
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Asian Americans Are Not a Monolith in Their Stories, Says Filmmaker Sujata Day
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“Definition Please,” Now on Netflix, Is an Empowering Take on Mental Health, Identity Challenges
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'Definition Please': Film Review
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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Review: ‘Definition Please’ spells out a promising future for Sujata Day
LA TIMES
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‘Definition Please,’ ‘Cyrus’ and More Streaming Gems
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Sujata Day, ‘Definition Please’ Filmmaker and ‘Insecure’ Actor, Signs With Mosaic (EXCLUSIVE)
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How Issa Rae helped Sujata Day make her own ‘brown girl story’ in Definition Please
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“Definition Please” On Netflix Intertwines Heart And Humor In The Most Powerful Way
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Netflix’s spelling bee comedy Definition, Please spells success for the South Asian community
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Definition Please Highlights the Generation Gap’s Cultural Rift in Exclusive Clip
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‘Definition Please’ is a powerful and promising feature debut
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Sujata Day on Definition Please and Living Her Creative Dreams
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THE FILM STAGE
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Sujata Day Wants to Tell a Different Kind of Story About South Asian Americans
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Definition Please Stars Talk Highlighting Mental Health Struggles Through A South Asian Lens
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Review: 'Definition Please' a breakout family dramedy from Greensburg's Sujata Day
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'Definition Please' Reimagines How South Asian Americans Are Portrayed Onscreen
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Definition Please's Sujata Day Discusses Directorial Inspirations & Spelling Bees
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What to Watch this Week: ‘Ozark,’ ‘Definition Please,’, and ‘How I Met Your Father’
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8 TV Shows and Movies to Watch This Week…
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Best New Movies on Netflix This Week
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“Definition Please’ and ‘Donkeyhead’ explore what it’s like to reach adulthood and still feel stuck
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Creators of color, your time in Hollywood is now
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Sujata Day's "Definition Please" Interrogates the Model Minority Myth
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Director Sujata Day on Exploring Mental Health in Feature Film Debut 'Definition Please'
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New film dismantles South Asian stereotypes tied to spelling bee, mental health
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With Definition Please, Sujata Day Learned To Say Yes To Herself
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Sujata Day On How 'Insecure' Inspired Her To Write And Direct Her Own Movie
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The 10 most talked-about international actors of Indian origin we saw on our screens in 2020
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How Insecure alum Sujata Day made her debut feature film on her own terms
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"Insecure" star Sujata Day redefines South Asian stereotypes in spelling bee movie
SALON
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The Trailer For "Definition Please" Put Me On An Emotional Rollercoaster
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'Insecure' Actress Sujata Day on How Issa Rae Inspired Her Directorial Debut
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Sujata Day of 'Insecure' on how to make your creative dream a reality
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Asian American Filmmakers Bring Their Uniquely American Stories to Bentonville Film Festival
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"Yes, I'm 100 percent Indian": Navigating Hollywood as a so-called "unicorn" woman of color
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DEFINITION PLEASE: A Layered Depiction of Family, Freedom and Mental Illness
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Movie Pick of the Week: "Definition Please"
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Definition Please Review: Sujata Day's Debut Feature Is A Must See Film!
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Sujata Day's 'Definition Please' Dismantles the Model Minority Myth
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Film Review: Definition Please
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"Definition Please" Humorously Spells Out One Family's Coming Of Age Journey
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Pulling Focus: 'Definition Please' Director Sujata Day Spells Out Her Own Rules
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'Definition Please' Spells More Than Just The Winning Word
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How Sujata Day’s ‘Definition Please’ is a story of misdirection, with direction
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EARTH TO FILMS
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Great Feature Directorial Debuts From Women in 2020
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Definition Please - Movie Review
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How Sujata Day Brought Her South Asian American Dramedy 'Definition Please' to Life
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Interview: Sujata Day's Debut Feature Spells Comedy, Drama, and Coming-of-Age
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Definition Please: Film Review
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Filmmaker and 'Insecure' Actor Sujata Day Signs With WME (Exclusive)
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11 Films That Highlight and Reflect Asian American Experiences
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Meet The Filmmaker: Sujata Day
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Film/TV Corner: Definition Please
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Sujata Day is over Indian stereotypes; in 'Definition Please,' she spells out her own story
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Greensburg's Sujata Day shows off her hometown in directorial debut 'Definition Please,'
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