Film festival aims to create LGBT awareness in schools
The Hindu
‘We want promote all-inclusive education so that the community does not feel isolated or unwanted’
Prayasam, a UNICEF-supported organisation that works with underserved communities in Kolkata, is organising a film festival dedicated to the LGBT community, the idea being to drive home the point early on that its members needed — more than anything else — acceptance from their families and society.
The organisation turned 25 this week and the Bad and Beautiful World Film Festival, which it has been holding since 2014, will show an anthology of eight short films titled Resh (reverberance), with screenings being held even in schools.
“The purpose of this film festival is not to ‘popularise’ a community but to normalise and accept people irrespective of their sexual preferences. Learning about LGBTQ issues from a formative age will enable youth to become good allies to their peers as they get older, which is why these films will be screened in Prayasam’s network of 60 schools once the educational institutions open soon,” said Prasanta Roy, director of Prayasam.
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