May 29, 2015
Release Date

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Breaking Free (2015)

Name: Breaking Free
Genre: Documentary, History, Crime
Released: 2015-05-29

1h 22m

Running Time

May 29, 2015
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

Where to Watch.

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Currently Breaking Free is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Amazon Video, Kanopy

Streaming in:
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Cast & Crew.

Sridhar Rangayan

Director / Writer

Saagar Gupta

Producer

Subhransu Das

Cinematographer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
May 29, 2015

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 22m

Genres
Documentary History Crime

Last updated: 2025-05-25

Wiki.

Breaking Free is a 2015 film 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.