Petals

In 1999 the newspapers in Kerala South India broke a shocking tale of two young lesbian girls who ended their lives beneath a train. A note they carried stated that they were ending their lives because they had failed in their long struggle to live together in the harsh and hypocritical society of Kerela. It is an irony that Kerela is 100 per cent literate and one of the most literate places in the world. This film picks up on the agony of those innocent girls and many others who still struggle for their emotional rights.

Film Maker
Natarajan, Suresh
Year
2001
Country
India
Length
16
Category
LGBTQ, Race + Ethnicity, Work about Women, Work by Women
Genre
narrative, queer

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