Breaking Free
- IMDb link: 4440690
- IMDb rating: 6.8 (41 votes)
- Genres: Crime, History, Documentary, News
- Director: Sridhar Rangayan
- Cast: Vivek Anand, Manohar Elavarthi, Anand Grover and others
- Release date: 1 Dec 2017
- Release year: 2015
- Runtime: 82 minutes
- Country: India
- Keywords: indian penal code section 377, gay, india, law, lgbt
Plot:
Filmmaker and gay activist Sridhar Rangayan embarks on a personal journey to expose the human rights violations faced by the LGBTQ community in India due to a draconian law Section 377 and homophobic social mores of a patriarchal society. The gritty documentary BREAKING FREE features searing testimonies of gay and transgender persons who have been victimized or exploited, as well as wide-ranging interviews with advocates and activists. See-sawing between despair and joy, anguish and hope, the film offers an insider view of the Indian LGBTQ community and is a documentation of its movement from invisibility to empowerment.