TRANS INDIA
Thursday – June 2, 9.30 am
Liberty Cinema
Total Duration: 63 min
Three real-life stories about the Transgender community in three Indian states!
Despite many welfare schemes having been announced and are even in place, yet condition of the transgender community is still not as good as it should be. Though the picture doesn’t look that bleak yet, much work needs to be done. Not just on policy making level, but largely on grassroots and societal level.
THIRD
Dir: Manash Pratim Dutta / 23 min / 2021 / Documentary Short / India / Assamese, English
Third focuses on the plights of transgender people suffering largely due to the prevailing prejudices in the Assamese society, and also from the clashes within the Trans community. However there is still hope, as a few of them keep moving on despite all the adversities.
THE VALLEY OF STORIES (Kathekagala Kanive)
Dir: Vikas Badiger / 30 min / 2021 / Documentary Short / India/ Kannada
Kathekagala Kanive documents the inspirational journey of the trans-artists who through Aravani Art Project learnt photography, and how this helped them in reviving their bonds with their near & dear ones, and also in reclaiming their connection to the city of Bangalore itself!
MITR CLINIC – PRIDE AND BEYOND
Dir: Shrikkanth Govindarajan / 10 min / 2021 / Documentary Short / India / Hindi, English
This documentary brings the exemplary story of Hyderbad’s Mitr clinic. Launched by ACCELERATE in January 2021 it is India’s first comprehensive clinic with & for the Transgender Community.
The documentary shows the collective efforts of this clinic team in fighting and finding their way to acceptance, and establishing pride in their identity.
