Director
Saad Khan and Saadat Munir
Year
2013
Run Time
67
min
Country
Denmark/Pakistan
Language
Urdu
PROGRAM Time
minutes
CONTENT WARNING:
A transgender college student, a gay man, a dancer, and an activist struggle to live openly and find acceptance of their sexuality in Pakistan.
This film is presented in Urdu with English subtitles.
The film shows the secret, yet open lives of a group of Pakistani sexual minorities, raising questions about trans‐gender activism, religion, underground gay life, social acceptance and collective familial customs of trans‐genders in urban Pakistan. The film follow Neeli Rana: a trans‐gender activist, whose courage and persistence made the apex court of Pakistan to grant basic civil rights in favor of “the third gender”. Kami: a fearless and flamboyant boy, who dares to speak about his out gay life criticizing those who live with a secret. Waseem: a veteran dancing boy, who struggles with his sexuality and chooses to denounce it due to familial pressure and Jenny: a transgendered and a recently castrated college student who bitterly regrets her transition.
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