‘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.

During a severe storm in Xinjiang, a group of fortune-seekers go searching for the mythical “gold baby”, whereas the law-enforcement officers risk everything to rescue them. Filmed on location in the beautiful plateaus of Xinjiang, Way of the Snowstorm is the most expensive film ever made in the region. Under the severest conditions, the extremes of human nature: self-sacrifice and selfish gains become exposed in this thriller of magnificent scope.
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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