Ashanti Omkar is a freelance film and TV critic, commentator, and broadcaster, based in Greenwich, London. She is regularly heard on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio, and on Times Radio and Monocle Radio, and is seen on BBC TV, ITV, Channel 5 News, and Sky News. Ashanti presented and co-produced her eponymous BBC Radio show for 7 years, catering to UK and international audiences. She also contributes to Time Out London. She has served on various film, TV, media, and cinema industry juries, including Asian Academy Creative Awards, RTS, Kerala International Film Festival, Raindance, Series Mania, et al. She is the cultural curator for the London Action Festival, for which she helmed the first Women In Action panel at the legendary Science Museum, and has moderated masterclasses with industry veterans like Wendell Pierce, John McTiernan, Vic Armstrong, and Chris Corbould. She has also moderated AMPAS showcases with Idris Elba and Zoe Saldaña, and for films like the Oscar-winning The Singers. Ashanti has been a CCA member since 2022.