[Reader-list] Film Screening

[ambarien qadar]

WHO CAN SPEAK OF MEN?
Dur: 32 minutes
Lang: Urdu and Hindi with English subtitles
Producers: AJK Mass Communication Research Center,
2003

“An astonishing intimate documentary about middle
class Muslim women in India who refuse to conform to
feminine norms. They describe in poignant detail the
everyday struggles they face in order to be true to
themselves. The film is striking in the inclusion of a
disarming seven-year-old, Chini, who stubbornly
insists that 'she' is a 'he'. The film-maker has had
unprecedented access to the women's lives because she
also come from the area in which they live. A
revolutionary and subversive documentary for its
portrayal of contemporary Indian Muslim women.”
Review from British Film Institute festival brochure,
2004

Synopsis:
Kafeela and Arshi are women in 20s. Chini is 7 year
old. They don’t know each other but between them, they
share a neighbourhood and a desire to ‘ ‘look and
feel’ like men. Together with the filmmaker, they set
out to explore their worlds of masquerade through
stories and encounters in their daily lives.
Situated in the spaces between memory and desire, the
film explores masculinity as distinct from the body.
Chini, Arshi and Kafeela’s struggles in surviving as
men and negotiating a predominantly middle class
Muslim neighbourhood make them the stars they are-
both on-screen and off-screen.

Venue: PARTNERS FOR LAW IN DEVELOPMENT 
            F-18, 1st Floor
           Jangpura Extension
Time:   3.45 pm, Monday
             



		
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