LGBTQ Films For Black History Month - Joyland (2022)

Joyland is a 2022 Pakistani drama film, written and directed by Saim Sadiq in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Ali Junejo, Rasti Farooq, Alina Khan, Sarwat Gilani, and Salmaan Peerzada. Set in inner-city Lahore, Joyland centers around the low-income Rana family, headed by an elderly patriarch who yearns for the birth of a grandson. He forces his daughter-in-law Mumtaz to quit her job after his youngest son and her husband finds work at an erotic dance theater. However, complications arise when the young man becomes infatuated with Biba, a hijra dancer.