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Rangayan opts for crowdfunding for LGBT film
Updated On: 03 July, 2012 07:39 AM IST | | IANS
Filmmaker Sridhar Rangayan Monday launched crowdfunding initiative to raise funds to complete his documentary "Breaking Free", highlighting the woes of the Indian LGBT community. It coincides with the third anniversary of decriminalisation of homosexuality in the country.
A feature-length documentary, "Breaking Free" gives voice to those who were tortured under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that criminalised homosexuality in India till July 2, 2009.u00a0Almost 70 percent of the film has been extensively shot over five years in Mumbai, Bangalore and capital, and the remaining shooting is yet to be done in August-September and post-production in October-November.
Now funds are being raised for it through online platform - Wishberry, a gifting site with a section offering crowdfunding. u00a0There are incentives for contributors, like film credits, DVDs and invite to premiere of the film.u00a0"This film has to be made, and it has to be made now. It is a film about the law, about us, our struggle to break free," Rangayan, who has been shooting for this film for the past five years, said in a press statement.
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