"Hide and Seek"/ "Chuppan Chupai" Documentary

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:22:52 -0400

Please join us for a screening of the documentary "Hide and Seek"/ "Chuppan Chupai" followed by a Q&A with director Saad Khan on Monday, April 28, 2014 at 4pm in the AOK Library Gallery.

Sponsored by the Department of Gender + Women's Studies & Asian Studies Program

"Hide and Seek"/ "Chuppan Chupai" is an award-winning documentary directed by Saad Khan that explores the lives of four transgender, or "hijra," people and their daily trials and triumphs while living in the relatively conservative gender constructs of Pakistan, the second most populous Islamic country in the world. The film depicts the secret yet open lives of a group of Pakistani sexual minorities, raising questions about transgender activism, religion, underground gay life, social acceptance and collective familial customs of transgenders in urban Pakistan.

Click here to RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/gwst/events/24098