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100 _aMonteiro,Anjali
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245 0 0 _aOur family
_hvideorecording
_ca film by Anjali Monteiro and K. P. Jayasankar
260 _aBombay
_bMonteiro,Anjali
_cc2007
300 _a1 videodisc (56 min.)
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_c4 3/4 in
500 _aCataloged from container.
505 _aWhat does it mean to cross that line which sharply divides us on the basis of gender? To free oneself of the socially constructed onus of being male? Is there life beyond a hetero-normative family? Set in Tamilnadu, India, Our Family brings together excerpts from Nirvanam, a one person performance, by Pritham K. Chakravarthy and a family of three generations of trans-gendered female subjects. Aasha, Seetha and Dhana, who are bound together by ties of adoption, belong to the community called Aravanis (aka Hijras, in some parts of India). The film juxtaposes the "normality" of their existence with the dark and powerful narrative by Pritham- "Nirvanam"; Nirvanam (Liberation) refers to the act of liberating oneself from the male body and transforming oneself to a female. This narrative bears witness to the tumultuous journey towards a reinvented selfhood, a journey fraught with violence, exploitation, affection and courage.
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538 _aDVD ; PAL.
546 _aIn English and Hindi with English subtitles.
586 _aSpecial Mention of the Jury, Signs, Kerela, 2007; Certificate of Merit & Special Mention of the Jury, Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF), 2008; Gold for Best Sound Design, Gold for Best Script, Silver for Editing, Certificate of Merit for the Best Documentary, Indian Documentary Producers Association (IDPA), Mumbai, 2008. Selected Screenings: Madurai Film Festival, 2007; International Video Festival of Kerala, 2008; Viscult Festival, Finland, 2008; Nigah Queerfest, New Delhi, 2008; Kolkata International Film Festival, 2008;
650 0 _aGender-division, Tamilnadu-India, trans-gendered female, violence, exploitation, portraits - India, affection and courage, Social issues, exclusion , ethnography, Documentary film
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655 7 _vFeature.
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700 1 _a Monteiro, Anjali
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700 1 _aJayasankar, K. P.
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710 2 _aTata Institute of Social Sciences. (Organization)
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856 _uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_XTE4176Iw
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_cCD
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