Showgirls of Pakistan

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Handball Courts across the street from UnionDocs

352 Onderdonk Ave

Ridgewood, NY[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Free RSVP!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#FFFFFF” outline_custom_hover_background=”#ADADCC” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000CD” shape=”round” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fluma.com%2Fz8in4ywq|title:Free%20RSVP!”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/851422192″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]Join our friends from 犄角旮旯 Nooks & Crannies, for a night to celebrate Queer History Month, with Khajistan and DecrimNY! Showgirls of Pakistan follows three mujra dancers in Punjabi theater business and the fight to play by their own rules. The filmmakers Saad Khan (Director), Joey Chriqui (Art Director, Co-Editor) will be present for the night, who will share their creative journey, not only for this documentary, but creating Khajistan, a New York-based archive and press preserving censored, banned, and overlooked print and audiovisual culture from the Middle World. A selection of publications and merch will be available from Khajistan.

The event is also a fundraiser supporting DecrimNY to decriminalize, decarcerate and destigmatize the s*x trades in NY. Come through![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text]

Program

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Showgirls of Pakistan by Saad Khan [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Pakistan / USA, 2020, 106 minutes[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Enter the universe of three mujra dancers in Pakistan as they dodge state censors and violence to vie for stardom. Intimate vérité, phone calls, social media streams, and home videos provide a never-before-seen look into the underbelly of the Punjabi theater business and the women who fight to play by their own rules.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]

Program Duration: 106 mins

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Watch the conversation between Presenter1, Presenter2 and Presenter 3 on the UnionDocs’ Membership hub.

[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Watch” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#adadcc” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” align=”center” css_animation=”bounceIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text]

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[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”166018″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Saad Khan is a Pakistani filmmaker, writer, and archivist based in New York. He is the founder and director of Khajistan, an archive and publishing project dedicated to preserving censored, overlooked, and disappearing media from across the Middle World. His films include Showgirls of Pakistan (2020), Qandeel (2017), and Chuppan Chupai (2013). His work spans documentary film, archival research, publishing, and the preservation of vernacular print and media cultures.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”166019″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width