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<P class="MsoNormal" DEFANGED_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><B DEFANGED_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><DEFANGED_SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">MASCULINITIES and THE CITY Film Series<o:p></o:p></DEFANGED_SPAN></B></P>
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<P class="MsoNormal" DEFANGED_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><DEFANGED_SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Dir. Rahul Roy)<o:p></o:p></DEFANGED_SPAN></P>
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<P class="MsoNormal" DEFANGED_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I DEFANGED_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><DEFANGED_SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In this film, four friends: Bunty, Kamal, Sanjay and Sanju, residents of a working class community in Delhi share with the camera their secrets, sex and girls, youthful dreams and failures, frustrations and triumphs. The documentary is a part of a South Asia-based project exploring masculinities. </DEFANGED_SPAN></I><DEFANGED_SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></DEFANGED_SPAN></P>
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<P class="MsoNormal" DEFANGED_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><DEFANGED_SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Dir. Rahul Roy)<o:p></o:p></DEFANGED_SPAN></P>
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<P class="MsoNormal" DEFANGED_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I DEFANGED_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><DEFANGED_SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Set in and around Meena Bazar and Jama Masjid in </DEFANGED_SPAN></I><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><DEFANGED_st1:City><DEFANGED_st1:place><I DEFANGED_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><DEFANGED_SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Delhi</DEFANGED_SPAN></I></DEFANGED_st1:place></DEFANGED_st1:City><I DEFANGED_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><DEFANGED_SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, this film explores the instability of working class lives and its impact on male sexuality and gender relations. The documentary was made under a fellowship by the MacArthur Foundation.<DEFANGED_SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </DEFANGED_SPAN><o:p></o:p></DEFANGED_SPAN></I></P>
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<P class="MsoNormal" DEFANGED_style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Arial Black, Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000099>OISHIK SIRCAR</FONT> LLB<BR><EM>Human Rights Lawyer and Researcher</EM></P>
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