GLITCH Film Festival Poshida: Hidden LGBT Pakistan & Panel Discussion

One of the first documentaries to examine LGBT life in Pakistan, this film gives an even handed coverage of the LGBT spectrum with both trans, gay and lesbian people interviewed – sometimes with their faces blurred to protect their identities, sometimes openly. Hearing a Pakistani trans man being interviewed to camera feels of enormous historical significance. Poshida also offers historical and cultural context for the simultaneous existence of both acceptance and violent rejection in Pakistani society of Kwhaja sra (queer/trans people).

Dir. Fiaz Faizan | 25mins | Pakistan | 2015 | Screening with English subtitles + BSL interpretation for panel discussion

This film is F-rated. Films are given an F-rating if directed by women, written by women and/or present significant female characters on screen, in their own right. f-rated.org.

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