TransIndia Documentary Set to Release Highlighting Plight of the Hijras

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TransIndia Documentary Set to Release Highlighting Plight of the Hijras

http://planettransgender.com/transindia-documentary-set-release-highlighting-plight-hijras/

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Added by Claire-Renee Kohner on August 5, 2015.


TransIndia, a documentary about the transgender community, known as Hijras, Kinnar and Masiba, in India is currently playing the festival circuit to rave reviews and has recently won the Award of Merit at the Best Shorts Competition.

The documentary takes a look at several Hijras in Ahmedabad, India and how their lives forever changed when they join the Trans community. Ostracization and overall rejection from society is the norm in India for the Hijras, but progress is being made in India in the last few years and the once sacred Hijra is once again finding its place in Indian society.
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Interesting how a group could go from revered to ostracised, again because of ignorance.