‘Kathak: Dancing With Taboos’ Film Festival Review: A Story of Passion and Perseverance
Eloquent and informative, Hajera Sheikh’s documentary Kathak: Dancing With Taboos tells a story of love for one’s culture and perseverance through adversity.

Do four million people watch a television dating program because it’s so absorbing… or, because so many others are watching it? Is an author invited to a talk show because he wrote such an enjoyable book… or does the book become “enjoyable” because it was discussed on a talk show? The men from NUHR bring everything into question in their theater show Draai Het Eens Om. Nonsense suddenly seems to be everywhere, and what we thought was fact can be easily broken down into fabrication.
Eloquent and informative, Hajera Sheikh’s documentary Kathak: Dancing With Taboos tells a story of love for one’s culture and perseverance through adversity.
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