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I Am Sirat

From Movie Men to Activists, Docs Rule Kingston Canadian Film Fest

by Pat Mullen
February 28, 2024
Festivals

Documentary highlights at the 2024 Kingston Canadian Film Festival include The Movie Man, Someone Lives Here, Dark Highway, 500 Days in the Wild and I Am Sirat.

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Doc Highlights at VIFF 2023

by Pat Mullen
September 27, 2023October 12, 2023
Festivals

Documentaries at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival include Swan Song, Anselm, The Mission, WaaPaKe, and Physician, Heal Thyself.

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2023 TIFF Docs Report: In the Hall of the Mountain Queen

by Pat Mullen
September 19, 2023
Features/TIFF

Documentary highlights from the Toronto International Film Festival include Mountain Queen, Mr. Dressup, Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros, The Mother of All Lies, and Walls.

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Deepa Mehta and Sirat Taneja on Their Collaborative Documentary

by Pat Mullen
September 19, 2023
Features/Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Deepa Mehta and Sirat Taneja about I Am Sirat and using a collaborative approach to sharing a transgender story.

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I Am Sirat Review: A Truly Collaborative Self-Portrait

by Susan G. Cole
September 14, 2023
Reviews/TIFF

I Am Sirat is a collaborative documentary between Deepa Mehta and Sirat Teneja that shares the latter's experience as a transwoman in India.

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Deepa Mehta Doc I Am Sirat Joins TIFF Line-up

by Pat Mullen
August 10, 2023August 12, 2023
TIFF

TIFF adds Deepa Mehta's documentary I Am Sirat, a collaborative work with transgender activist Sirat Taneja, to 2023 line-up

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