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All about our Famila

Title
All about our Famila / script and direction, Chalam Bennurakar ; The Public Service Broadcasting Trust supported by the Films Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India presents.
Format
DVD, Videodisc
Series
Open frame
Published/Produced
New Delhi : Public Service Broadcasting Trust, 2012.
Description
1 videodisc (ca. 52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Credits
Camera, Sashikant Ananthachari, R.V. Ramani, Chalam Bennurakar, V. Krishna ; sound, Y. Renuka ; editing, V. Krishna, Chalam Bennurakar.
System details
DVD.
Language
In English, Kannada, and Tamil with English subtitles.
Summary
She once was a boy not knowing who she was. Once she knew she was a woman trapped in a male body, she never looked back. She went through castration and found a guru in the Hijra community later. She is Famila. The film is the story of her extraordinary courage and extreme vulnerabilities and those of other transgender people in Bangalore.
Notes
Copyright notice on disc: Public Service Broadcasting Trust. Summary taken from container.
Kinsey subjects
Transsexualism. Castration.
Subject headings
India.
Other contributors
Bennurakar, Chalam. Public Service Broadcasting Trust (New Delhi, India)
Other titles
Alex Doty and Betsy Jose Indian Queer Film Collection.

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
X14254802
Location
Kinsey Institute Library - A-V (Audio-Visual)