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Breaking Free – Sec 377
Breaking Free – Sec 377 is a 2015 movie directed by Sridhar Rangayan and produced by Solaris Pictures.
In this documentary, 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 film was selected to be part of the Indian Panorama (non-Fiction) and screened at International Film Festival of India in 2015.
It won the Rajat Kamal National Award for Best Editing (Non-Fiction) in 2016 for its editors Pravin Angre and Sridhar Rangayan.
It also won the Barbara Gittings Human Rights Award at qFLIX Philadelphia in 2016.
It is currently streaming on Netflix.
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He is currently the director of the Peabody Essex Museum.
He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019.
He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia( Canberra) from 1997- 2004.
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Sridhar Rangayan
Sridhar Rangayan (also spelt Sridhar Rangaihn or Sridhar Rangayyan; born 2 April 1962) is an Indian filmmaker who has made films with special focus on queer subjects.
His queer films, "The Pink Mirror" and "Yours Emotionally", have been considered groundbreaking because of their realistic and sympathetic portrayal of the largely closeted Indian gay community.
His film" The Pink Mirror" remains banned in India by the Indian Censor Board because of its homosexual content.
Rangayan was born in Mandya, Karnataka.
As a gay activist, he has been one of the front-rank leaders in the LGBT movement in India and has contributed immensely towards the growth of awareness about sexual minorities in India.
He is a Founder Member and Trustee of The Humsafar Trust, the first gay NGO in India, along with Ashok Row Kavi.
He served on its board till January 2013.
He also designed and edited India's first gay magazine "Bombay Dost" between 1999–2003.
In 2006, he was awarded the South Asian Achievers Award for his contribution to global mainstream media by Triangle Media Group (TMG), UK.
In 2010, he has served on the Jury for the Teddy Awards at the 60th Berlinale (Berlin, Germany), Jury for Matter of Act awards at the Movies That Matter film festival (The Hague, Netherlands) and also as Jury for SATO-48 (USA) competition.
He has been part of the eminent international jury of Outfest 2012, Los Angeles and Iris Prize 2013, UK
He is the founder Festival Director of Kashish Mumbai Queer Film Festival that is held in Mumbai, India every year for past 9 years, the first ever queer film festival to be held at a mainstream theater - PVR Cinemas (2010), Cinemax (2011-2013) and Liberty Cinema (2014-2018)
He has been elected as Regional Director (region 19) of Interpride which is a network of more than 160 Gay Pride organisations from more than 35 countries in 162 cities, dedicated to LGBT Pride parades and other events.
He is also the Festival Director of Flashpoint Human Rights Film Festival that was held in Mumbai, India from 8–10 December 2010 at Alliance française de Bombay and screened 8 documentary films on human rights issues along with panel discussions on several topics like human trafficking and the law, violence against women and religious intolerance.
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He was born in Fredrikstad.
From 1982 to 1993 he was the director of Sogn Folk Museum, from 1993 to 2010 he was the director of Maihaugen and from 2001 he has been the director of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.
In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
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Question: Where was the director of film Breaking Free – Sec 377 born?
Answer: Mandya