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Flying With One Wing (Tani Tatuwen Piyabanna) 81 minutes, Sri Lanka (2002),
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Dealing with issues of gender, power and sexuality, the feature debut by Sri Lankan filmmaker Asoka Handagama, Flying With One Wing is a bold, revolutionary film.

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Flying With One Wing: Surrounded by controversy on its release, Sri Lankan censors insisted Handagama cut several sequences before they would allow the film's release; however, the director refused to dilute his vision.

Manju is a transgender woman who works as a car mechanic in the macho culture of a garage, where she keeps up the pretence of being a man...
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