About
Alizah Whitney Johnson
Filmmaker, musician, activist — and the founder of Media of Society, a nonprofit supporting women and girls in underprivileged areas through film, music, and education.
The story
Alizah Whitney Johnson is the creator, writer, performer, musician, and producer behind American Masala: Dream in Motion. She has worked in the Los Angeles film industry, studied at The Second City and John Ruskin's acting school in Santa Monica, studied jazz at Santa Monica College, and later studied Indian classical music in India. Her performance work includes a Zee Telugu television show, commercial work in Mumbai and Delhi, and influencer/content work across the U.S. and India.
Her work spans film, music, media, wellness, education, women's empowerment, AI, Web3, and social impact across Austin, Los Angeles, New York, India, Bangladesh, and Uganda. American Masala is the story she's been writing in her life for years — finally on screen.
Media of Society
Media of Society is the mission-driven platform behind this film — using film, music, education, media, and storytelling to help women and underrepresented communities see their true value reflected back to them. Every dollar raised here funds the production of American Masala, the Dosas & Mimosas music video, and ongoing programs.
Also by Alizah
AI True Value
An AI marketing agency bringing out the best in women-led brands.
Alizah was working in AI before ChatGPT launched — partnering with a Montreal-based company while she was in Texas and producing a series of AI activations across U.S. cities, before eventually moving to Austin. That early work led to being invited to host one of the largest AI summits in India, speak at colleges, and serve as a brand ambassador for AI companies.
She founded AI True Value while traveling between India and Thailand, at the very beginning of the ChatGPT era — building a marketing agency rooted in research, ethics, and creative possibility. Today, AI True Value helps other women bring out the best in their brands, turning a hard-won personal chapter into a platform that gives value back.
That work — tech, AI, Web3, storytelling, and women's empowerment — is part of why American Masala exists. The film breaks down the stereotypes between American and Indian cultures, and between the woman the world perceives and the woman she actually is. One human race. The whole mix.
“We support women and girls in underprivileged areas through film, music, and education.”
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