Diana

Diana

11 mins | Jan. 1, 2009

A young transgender woman rejected by her family in India, lives alone in London, working as a prostitute to pay for hormone therapy. Aleem Khan’s remarkable short film is set in 1997 in the wake of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales – whose loneliness and isolation our protagonist can identify with only too well. On this extraordinary day, she prepares to set herself free.

Diana

11 mins | Jan. 1, 2009

Diana
A young transgender woman rejected by her family in India, lives alone in London, working as a prostitute to pay for hormone therapy. Aleem Khan’s remarkable short film is set in 1997 in the wake of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales – whose loneliness and isolation our protagonist can identify with only too well. On this extraordinary day, she prepares to set herself free.
Producers Aleem Khan Productions
Original title Diana
Directors Aleem Khan
Writers Aleem Khan

Cast

Neeraj Singh

as Diana

Ann Barnett

as Old Lady

Edita Floren

as Blonde Woman

Tuba Duman

as Checkout Girl

Nadia Elaine Magnaguagno

as Prostitute

Coralie Allison

as Prostitute

Sharika Sharma

as Mother

Rex Duis

as Radio News Reporter