BREAKING FREE
82 min / 2015 / India / English, Hindi
Rating: A (Restricted to adult audiences)
Filmmaker and gay activist Sridhar Rangayan embarks on a personal journey to expose the human rights violations faced by the LGBTQ community in India due to a draconian law Section 377 and homophobic social mores of a patriarchal society. BREAKING FREE, shot over 7 years, features real-life testimonies of gay and transgender persons who have been victimized or exploited, as well as interviews with prominent advocates and activists across India. See-sawing between despair and joy, anguish and hope, this National Award winning documentary feature is a path-breaking historical insider’s documentation of the Indian LGBTQ movement from invisibility to empowerment.
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Credits
Director: Sridhar Rangayan
Producers: Sridhar Rangayan & Saagar Gupta
Cast: Sridhar Rangayan, Anand Grover, Arvind Narrain, Anjali Gopalan, Shobhna S. Kumar, Pallav Patankar, Vivek Raj Anand
DOP: Subhransu Das; Editor: Pravin Angre, Sridhar Rangayan; Sound Design: Madhu Apasara;BGM: Suresh Iyer