Between the Lines: India's Third Gender
Original Title
Indiens Drittes Geschlech- Director: Thomas Wartmann
- Writer: Dorothea Rieker; Thomas Wartmann
- Producer: Ulrike Becker; Markus Breimaier
CGiii Comment
The film documents the tremendous effort photographer Anita Khemka puts forth in order to capture the life of the eunuchs of India — the Hijras — living as outcasts on the edge of society. Officially, the existence of Hijras is denied. And their universe itself is highly inconsistent: Hijras are infertile — yet, according to the Hindu religion they have "a talent to spread fertility". And although they have no apparent sexual organs, the erotic is omnipresent in their everyday lives.
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Cast & Characters
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi as Herself;
Rhamba as Herself;
Asha as Herself;
Anita Khemka as Herself