Indian film star to discuss contemporary Indian LGBT issues
DCU’s Sexuality Studies and the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences are delighted to host the Dublin leg of Queer India, Sridhar Rangayan’s European winter tour. The renowned film-maker and activist will attend a screening of his ‘68 Pages’ and a post-screening interview and discussion on Monday 3rd December at DCU.
Sridhar Rangayan is an India film director, screenwriter, producer and activist whose many queer films present hard-hitting social issues and critique with warmth, compassion and humour. His films offer a peep into the colourful Indian homosexual closet and understanding of the fast changing contemporary Indian LGBT landscape.
‘68 Pages’ (2007) is about an HIV/AIDS counsellor and five of her clients. The film weaves together five empathetic Mumbai-based short stories revolving around people living with AIDS from some of the marginalised sections of society such as a sex worker, a transsexual bar dancer and a gay couple. The common thread is hope.
Mr Rangayan's films have screened at more than 100 national and international film festivals, won several awards and have received great critical acclaim. He has served on the Jury for the Teddy Awards at the 60th Berlinale (Berlin, Germany) and Jury for Matter of Act awards at the Movies That Matter film festival (The Hague, Netherlands). He is the Festival Director of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, India’s biggest queer film festival.
He is a Founder Member and Trustee of The Humsafar Trust, one of India’s largest community-based organisations working for the rights and health of LGBT people. He also designed and edited India's first gay magazine Bombay Dost between 1999 and 2003.
All are welcome from 2pm on Monday 3rd December in H306 (Nursing Building) at DCU. The film is in Hindi with English subtitles and admission is free of charge. The screening will begin at 2.30pm and will be followed by a discussion with Mr Rangayan from 4-5pm.
For further information, please contact jean-philippe.imbert@dcu.ie.