
FREE SCREENING
For Kayden, Jag, and Amar, awakening to and expressing their sexuality within conservative South Asian families was a lonely and terrifying experience. Denial, shame and despair haunted their youths, even threatening their lives. Yet, they’ve emerged. In the feature documentary Emergence: Out of the Shadows, the disparate journeys of Kayden, Jag and Amar converge around a shared sense of compassion and healing as they bravely convey their often heart-wrenching stories. Confronted with tradition and taboo in their Punjabi Sikh cultures, Jag’s parents and Amar’s mother choose love and support for their children, offering courage and inspiration to individuals and communities struggling with acceptance.
ਸਾਰ
ਉਦੈ: ਪਰਛਾਵੇਂ ਦੇ ਬਾਹਰ
ਕੇਡੇਨ, ਜੈਗ ਅਤੇ ਅਮਰ ਲਈ ਆਪਣੇ ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੀ ਲਿੰਗਕਤਾ ਦੇ ਬਾਰੇ ਦੱਸਣਾ ਬੜਾ ਹੀ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਿਲ ਤੇ ਡਰਾਵਣਾ ਤਜ਼ਰਬਾ ਸੀ. ਦਿੱਲ ਨੂੰ ਨਚੋੜ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਹਕੀਕਤ, ਤਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਆਪਣਾ ਵੱਖਰਾ ਰਸਤਾ ਤੇ ਮੁਸੀਬਤਾਂ, ਉਸ ਹਰ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਤੇ ਸਮਾਜ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਦਿਲਾਸਾ, ਹਮਦਰਦੀ ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਣਾ ਦਾ ਸਰੋਤ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਇਸ ਵੇਲੇ ਐਸੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਚੋ ਵਿਚਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ.
The film focuses on the rights of these individuals to live an open and respectable life despite traditional and often strict family values and socio-cultural pressures. The parents and their children describe their struggles to understand and “emerge” together to embrace, love, and support each other, and reach a higher level of critical awareness and compassion.
—VINAY GIRIDHAR, Director
- Year2021
- Runtime80 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorVinay Giridhar
- ProducerAlex Sangha
- CastAlex Sangha, Avtar Nagra, Rajwant Nagra, Jag Nagra, Jaspal Sangha, Kayden Bhangu
- EditorVinay Giridhar

FREE SCREENING
For Kayden, Jag, and Amar, awakening to and expressing their sexuality within conservative South Asian families was a lonely and terrifying experience. Denial, shame and despair haunted their youths, even threatening their lives. Yet, they’ve emerged. In the feature documentary Emergence: Out of the Shadows, the disparate journeys of Kayden, Jag and Amar converge around a shared sense of compassion and healing as they bravely convey their often heart-wrenching stories. Confronted with tradition and taboo in their Punjabi Sikh cultures, Jag’s parents and Amar’s mother choose love and support for their children, offering courage and inspiration to individuals and communities struggling with acceptance.
ਸਾਰ
ਉਦੈ: ਪਰਛਾਵੇਂ ਦੇ ਬਾਹਰ
ਕੇਡੇਨ, ਜੈਗ ਅਤੇ ਅਮਰ ਲਈ ਆਪਣੇ ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੀ ਲਿੰਗਕਤਾ ਦੇ ਬਾਰੇ ਦੱਸਣਾ ਬੜਾ ਹੀ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਿਲ ਤੇ ਡਰਾਵਣਾ ਤਜ਼ਰਬਾ ਸੀ. ਦਿੱਲ ਨੂੰ ਨਚੋੜ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਹਕੀਕਤ, ਤਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਆਪਣਾ ਵੱਖਰਾ ਰਸਤਾ ਤੇ ਮੁਸੀਬਤਾਂ, ਉਸ ਹਰ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਤੇ ਸਮਾਜ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਦਿਲਾਸਾ, ਹਮਦਰਦੀ ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਣਾ ਦਾ ਸਰੋਤ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਇਸ ਵੇਲੇ ਐਸੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਚੋ ਵਿਚਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ.
The film focuses on the rights of these individuals to live an open and respectable life despite traditional and often strict family values and socio-cultural pressures. The parents and their children describe their struggles to understand and “emerge” together to embrace, love, and support each other, and reach a higher level of critical awareness and compassion.
—VINAY GIRIDHAR, Director
- Year2021
- Runtime80 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorVinay Giridhar
- ProducerAlex Sangha
- CastAlex Sangha, Avtar Nagra, Rajwant Nagra, Jag Nagra, Jaspal Sangha, Kayden Bhangu
- EditorVinay Giridhar
