Filmmakers and Producers

Prem Kalliat

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Jareena, Portrait of a Hijda
Prem Kalliat
1990, 25 min., Color, India
This video offers a profile of a transsexual and her community in the Indian city of Bangalore. It provides a unique insight into the lives of Hijdas, a society of eunuchs numbering in the tens of thousands who have thrived in India for centuries. The Hijdas work as prostitutes and are a close-knit ...


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