Road to Revolution
Over 7 years, activist Rudrani Chettri creates a company to champion India's hijra people, considering the culture's schisms and complex roots while moving them away from traditional hardships. This e…
Road to Revolution
Over 7 years, activist Rudrani Chettri creates a company to champion India's hijra people, considering the culture's schisms and complex roots while moving them away from traditional hardships. This emotionally charged journey, filmed over 7 years, follows the extraordinary story of Rudrani Chettri and her friends from baby blessings, red light districts and dazzling Hindu festivals to the glamorous world of photoshoots, designers, hair and make-up, lights and electrifying action. We discover the transgender community of Delhi as they set about creating India's first ever trans modelling agency and an extravagant, paradigm-shifting, catwalk event. Far from a bleak story of suffering and discrimination, this film explores the world of India's 'third gender' (Hijra) in a positive way, full of laughter, drama, excitement, and pathos. We discover a complex world where traditional values clash with modern human rights. We immerse ourselves in unfamiliar places but find identifiable stories of love and loss, hope and poverty, beauty, glamour, and catwalk glory.
Road to Revolution
Documentary
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Over 7 years, activist Rudrani Chettri creates a company to champion India's hijra people, considering the culture's schisms and complex roots while moving them away from traditional hardships. This emotionally charged journey, filmed over 7 years, follows the extraordinary story of Rudrani Chettri and her friends from baby blessings, red light districts and dazzling Hindu festivals to the glamorous world of photoshoots, designers, hair and make-up, lights and electrifying action. We discover the transgender community of Delhi as they set about creating India's first ever trans modelling agency and an extravagant, paradigm-shifting, catwalk event.
Far from a bleak story of suffering and discrimination, this film explores the world of India's 'third gender' (Hijra) in a positive way, full of laughter, drama, excitement, and pathos. We discover a complex world where traditional values clash with modern human rights. We immerse ourselves in unfamiliar places but find identifiable stories of love and loss, hope and poverty, beauty, glamour, and catwalk glory..