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Eunuchs - India's Third Gender (1991)

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Film details

Featuring

Aruna Har Prasad
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1991
Type

Television
Category

Non Fiction

Synopsis

Documentary looking at the eunuchs and attitudes towards them in India, where they are treated with a mixture of disgust, fear and respect. They are castrated men who dress like women and consider themselves female. Known as hijras, their culture and tradition comes from the days when they were guards of the rajah's palace and hareem. The film contrasts the traditional mannerisms, lifestyles and attitudes of the rural hijras, who are still regarded respectfully and capable of bestowing blessings, and of the urban ones, who have deteriorated into prostitutes living in brothels, flaunting themselves and their sexuality in an extrovert way.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - narrator
    
    Aruna Har Prasad
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Michael Yorke
  - Production Company
    
    BBC Elstree
  - Assistant Producer
    
    Aruna Har Prasad
  - Assistant Producer
    
    Surinder Puri
  - Series Editor
    
    Chris Curling
  - Unit Production Manager
    
    Sue Charlton
  - Unit Manager
    
    Barry Dixon
  - Production Assistant
    
    Kalpna Dutta
  - Photography
    
    Andy Carchrae
  - Photography
    
    Derek Banks
  - Photography
    
    Noel Balbirnie
  - Photography
    
    Leslie Pickett
  - Editor
    
    Peter Barber
  - Editor
    
    Hazel Mylotte
  - Sound
    
    Mike Shoring
  - Sound
    
    Dudley Houlden
  - Sound
    
    Diana Ruston
  - Dubbing Mixer
    
    Michael Narduzzo

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