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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organizations in contemporary India against the backdrop of the struggle for decriminalization. In 2009, the Delhi High Court ruled on the Naz Foundation case striking down section 377 of the India Penal Code, an 1861 British colonial law which criminalizes 'carnal knowledge against the order of nature'. However, in December 2013, the Supreme Court of India set aside the 2009 ruling and re criminalized LGBT peoples in India. 'There is no easy walk-over to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow again and before we reach the mountain tops of our desire.' Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru 1939

An essay film investigating popular culture, nuclear war and family insanity.

What is a man...and what does he do?' is the question that begins '...You'll be a Man...' (YBAM), an exploration into Black male identity and development from the perspectives of Black men of varying ages and walks of life. YBAM explores identity formation, education, and the importance of rites of passage for Black men. In an attempt to define manhood as more than the maturation of youth to citizen-worker, consumer, and baby-daddy, YBAM leads a conversation that explores topics as broad as health and personal authenticity, fatherhood, spirit and god, and women, sex, and relationships, in order to redefine our notions of manhood while developing a living moving primer to help youth and the community at large construct functional conduct and optimal choice making.

The Earth's language is spiritual and tenuous, a series of whispers and feelings. It is however also remarkably and shockingly incompatible with the languages of exploitation and commercialism. Many of us have completely forgotten that there ever was another language, another possibility. Historically, nature, mountains, rivers, trees, the sun, the moon have always been honored in ancient cultures. It's only when we start moving away from our connection to nature and ourselves, that we begin not showing care polluting and destroying the environment. We need to revive these attitudes that foster our connection with nature. As we continue to accelerate through the rapid-fire of a paradigm immersed in technology and a culture defined by the values of the simulacrum, have we come to expect tense, anxious and confrontational existence as the cornerstone of our humanity? It may be that the answer to this disconnect with the natural world lies in the lives and attitudes of the few remaining land-based cultures on this planet. I am convinced that these Indigenous cultures are a valuable and vulnerable resource we shouldn't ignore any longer. Desperately few remaining, many of them have been compromised by our lifestyle to various extents. Yet these old customs and beliefs have piercing details about our place in the practical calculus of existence. They contain durable messages from ancestors who turned to their senses and not the cold reductionist and dualism of 19th century Cartesian logic of, for answers to existential puzzles.

A film by triple Emmy-winner John Kastner, Living Dangerously is the story of two stubborn seniors battling their families who want to put them in institutions. Despite major health problems (both have suffered falls that required emergency rescues) they are prepared to risk their lives living alone at home. Terrified relatives - afraid they will eventually kill themselves - struggle to change their minds before a tragedy occurs.