Eunuchs: India's Third Gender

Hijras. Eunuchs. Transgender.

Duration: 51 min
Release date: 1998-09-26
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This extraordinary film explores the twilight world of India's eunuchs who both exploit and bewail their ill-defined status within society. The eunuchs introduce a special world, where for them divinity and daily life alternate in the flash of an exquisitely made-up eye. A 3,600-strong ancient sect who claim to be descended from the gods live in relative luxury. Other Indian men explain why they too underwent painful castration.

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Eunuchs: India's Third Gender

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