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TRANS KASHMIR
Dir. S. A. Hanan & Surbhi Dewan
(62 mins./ Kashmiri, Urdu, English with English Subtitles/ 2022/ Docu Feature)
followed by a discussion with the filmmakers and crew
About the film: Once entertainers and employees of the royal courts, they were believed to have mystical powers. Today they fight for dignity in life and death. TRANS KASHMIR is a film about the extreme hardships,
resilience and beauty of Kashmir’s Hijra (transgender) community and their growing movement for basic human rights.
About the filmmakers: S.A. Hanan is a television producer, director, and an educator. He has produced and directed around 300 hours of television programs that include documentaries, short fiction films, public service announcements,
and talk show series for various television channels. Hanan is a recipient of the International Ford Fellowship (2007) – granted to social change leaders for their commitment to foster social justice, minority rights, and gender equality worldwide, especially
in developing countries. Hanan has also extensively written on sustainable development, minority and gender issues, and other related subjects for various publications in Kashmir. He has taught film production as a guest faculty at many universities and institutes
in India.
Surbhi Dewan is an independent film director, writer and producer. Her films connect personal portraits to larger socio-political landscapes. She has directed and produced a number of creative documentary films including her recent award-winning film
DAUGHTER OF NEPAL. She has also co-produced A THIN WALL, a feature length documentary film about personal stories from the partition of India. Surbhi produces social and commercial audio-visual content with her New Delhi-based production company, Painted Tree
Pictures.
Hanan and Dewan first met in 2007 while pursuing their MFA Film programme at the School of Film & Animation at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.
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