GAUTAM & BUDA
Director:
Shayok Mukhopadhyay
Best friends Gautam and Buddha are the crossdressing stars of the New Conquerors, a bawdy, all-male traveling theater in rural India. While Buddha is openly gay, Gautam has a wife and a son back in the village. Here is a documentary that finds nuance, tolerance, and complexity in an unexpected corner of the world.