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THE 155th EDITION OF "THE fd ZONE" (Part III)TOWARDS A PINK SPRING (18 mins) and BREAKING FREE (82 mins) followed by discussion with filmmaker & activist Sridhar RangayanSYNOPSESTOWARDS A PINK SPRING (HaciaUna Primavera Rosa)Director: Mario de la Torre2014 | 18 min | French with EST | Spain, Tunisia Members of the Arab LGBT community have to live clandestinely. They feel frustrated after the Arab Spring, and await the moment of a Pink Spring.BREAKING FREEDirector: Sridhar Rangayan 2015 | 82 min | English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada with EST 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 gritty documentary BREAKING FREE, shot over 7 years, features searing testimonies of gay and transgender persons who have been victimized or exploited, as well as wide-ranging interviews with advocates and activists across India. See-sawing between despair and joy, anguish and hope, the film is an emotional roller-coaster journey of the Indian LGBTQ movement - from invisibility to empowerment.Trailer can be viewed at: http://youtu.be/ESpLy_BEBO4