Briefly banned, Pakistan's ground-breaking 'Joyland' is now a world cinema success

The film follows a man who gets a job in a burlesque show and falls in love with a trans woman. This story of queer desire in a traditional Muslim society earned accolades at the Cannes Film Festival.

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