Wicked Queer 40

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

BLUE SUNSHINE

Tuesday

,

Apr 9

@

7:30 pm

With in person.

Wicked Queer 40

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BLUE SUNSHINE

Tuesday

Apr 9

@

7:30 pm

Coolidge Corner Theater

With 
 in person.
Aravind, a high school teacher, wants to transition from male to female while working for a school in a small town in South India. Aravind’s parents do not know that Aravind is already taking hormone treatment for the transition. When his parents force a marriage upon him due to their financial situation, Aravind gains courage under pressure. He starts to live as a woman named Bhanu with his friend Haritha's help. The school administration creates problems by not acknowledging Bhanu as a woman. As Bhanu struggles to find happiness after transition, she meets a student Karthik who is being bullied by his classmates for his feminine demeanor. Unable to withstand the bullying, Karthik retaliates by wearing makeup and nail polish to school. The school administration blames Bhanu for all the problems. How Karthik and Bhanu deal with the problems form the rest of the story.
Director
Samyuktha Vijayan
Year
2023
Run Time
98
min
Country
India
Language
Tamil
PROGRAM Time
98
minutes
Content warning:
transphobia
Aravind, a high school teacher, wants to transition from male to female while working for a school in a small town in South India. Aravind’s parents do not know that Aravind is already taking hormone treatment for the transition. When his parents force a marriage upon him due to their financial situation, Aravind gains courage under pressure. He starts to live as a woman named Bhanu with his friend Haritha's help. The school administration creates problems by not acknowledging Bhanu as a woman. As Bhanu struggles to find happiness after transition, she meets a student Karthik who is being bullied by his classmates for his feminine demeanor. Unable to withstand the bullying, Karthik retaliates by wearing makeup and nail polish to school. The school administration blames Bhanu for all the problems. How Karthik and Bhanu deal with the problems form the rest of the story.
This film is presented in
Tamil
with English subtitles.
This is a story written, directed, and acted in by an Indian, trans woman, Samyuktha Vijayan. She is a vulnerable and brave storyteller, weaving a story of a trans woman publically transitioning in a small town in India.
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