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🎨 Part 1: “Moving Image” Main Gallery Page Layout

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📝 Part 2: Detailed Project Metadata & Web Blog Posts

📼 1. Mahi Ali: The Lost Interviews (The Forgotten Files — Part 1)

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• Title: Mahi Ali: A Transgender Woman’s Fight for Health & Rights in Multan
• Series Anchor: The Forgotten Files (Part 1)
• Year: Recorded 2020 | Released 2026
• Medium: Documentary Short Film | Digital Video
• Project Video Link: Watch on YouTube
• Left-Side Text: Recorded in 2020 but delayed for years due to severe resource limitations, this premier documentary marks the launch of The Forgotten Files. The film documents Mahi Ali, a transgender woman navigating extreme healthcare discrimination and spatial isolation in Multan.

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Unveiling The Forgotten Files: Mahi Ali’s Journey of Defiance in Multan

In 2020, I set out to record a series of raw, unvarnished interviews with young people living with HIV (PLHIV) across Pakistan. The goal was simple: to give a direct voice to a community surviving at the intersection of heavy social stigma and institutional neglect. However, due to an absolute lack of funding and resources, these crucial recordings sat locked away in digital archives for years. Today, The Forgotten Files are finally brought to light.

Traveling for Survival

This inaugural chapter features Mahi Ali, a courageous transgender woman from Multan. Diagnosed with HIV in 2014, Mahi found herself in a city completely devoid of specialized clinical care, counseling, or basic mental health support for trans individuals. To secure the basic, life-sustaining medication she needed to survive, Mahi was forced to travel miles to Dera Ghazi Khan (DG Khan), enduring routine degradation, deep-seated social hostility, and systemic bias at every checkpoint and clinic counter along the way.

The Modern Framework of Risk

While local healthcare services have slowly expanded over the years, the numbers prove that the structural violence against transgender individuals remains staggering. Transgender communities face an infection risk 14 times higher than the general population, with nearly 79% of the community reporting active discrimination inside medical settings.

Produced under the umbrella of the Young Positive People of Pakistan (YPlusPakistan), this film is the first of many upcoming chapters. As a positive filmmaker and activist, I intend for these archives to serve as permanent, living evidence of our community’s fight for dignity, medical access, and fundamental human rights.

🕊️ 2. Penjaga Hutan Batu (Guardian of the Stone Jungle)

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• Title: Penjaga Hutan Batu (Urdu: پتھر کے جنگل کا محافظ / English: Guardian of the Stone Jungle)
• Collaborating Artists: Khairullah Rahim (Singapore) & Ali Raza Khan (Pakistan)
• Year: 2024
• Medium: Poetic Art Film | Mixed Media Video Installation
• Language & Subtitles: Audio in Malay | Subtitles in English and Urdu
• Filming Locations: Singapore and Multan
• Project Video Link: Watch on Vimeo
• Left-Side Text: An international collaborative poetry film showcased at the International AIDS Conference 2024 in Munich. The project draws a striking parallel between the urban pigeon—vilified as a disease carrier—and the hyper-vigilant existence of queer individuals navigating conservative spaces.

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Penjaga Hutan Batu: Finding the Queer Parallel in the Guardian of the Stone Jungle

When an individual identifies as queer or lives with a highly stigmatized health status within a conservative, rigid society, their relationship with the city completely changes. They become hyper-vigilant. They move through public squares, historic streets, and religious spaces with a guarded posture—always scanning for unseen threats, protective of their hidden identity, and searching for a safe patch of sunlight.

This complex psychological landscape is the core theme of Penjaga Hutan Batu (Guardian of the Stone Jungle), an international multimedia collaboration created alongside Singaporean visual artist Khairullah Rahim.

The Pigeon Metaphor: Vilification and Survival

The film reflects deeply on the eccentric, often misunderstood relationships that humans share with urban pigeons. Across major cities worldwide—from the plazas of Singapore to the old brick quarters of Multan—the pigeon is a constant presence. It eats grains scattered by citizens, yet it must remain permanently alert, calculating the movements of predatory animals and hostile humans who view it merely as a pest or a dirty carrier of contagious disease.

This structural vilification mirrors how conservative societies view, isolate, and label LGBTQI+ individuals and people living with HIV. The body is treated by the state and the culture as a site of contagion and moral error, forcing the individual to live like a bird in a jungle of cold concrete and stone.

A Global Visual Dialogue

To bring this poetic connection to life, the film seamlessly weaves together visuals filmed across Singapore and Multan. It incorporates original artwork, raw human forms, and distinct architectural textures from both countries. The main audio features a moving poetry recital in the Malay language, paired with precise Urdu and English translations to ensure the message breaks through geographic borders.

Showcased internationally at the International AIDS Conference 2024 in Munich as part of a curated group exhibition of affected global artists, Penjaga Hutan Batu stands as a monument to cross-border solidarity. It is a cinematic reminder that even inside the most unyielding stone jungles, the marginalized body continues to find its rhythm, preserve its beauty, and fight for its space in the sun.