‘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.

A Los Angeles cab driver is offered the trip of a lifetime by a local casino dealer and gambler who wants to return to the Navajo Reservation to the home he abandoned 30 years ago to see his grandson compete in a Native American rodeo.
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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Darren Arronofsky focuses on diverse and heartbreaking stories about the human experience.
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