Simply titled, 'Celebrating Neurodivergent talent,' the film chronicled the stories of four ND youths who sing, dance, model and do other cool things.
It isn't lost on us how much of a big role privilege plays in enabling careers in arts and similar fields. It's pretty much why engineering and STEM are so big in India.
It's super tough to make it in these fields. Especially without a godfather, a mentor, or someone to pretty much handhold you through your initial years.
But the film was less about the politics of a career in the arts and more about self-expression and being enabled to showcase your talent, what you're really good at.
Cuz most of us don't even get those opportunities.
We express differently, we say different things when expressing differently, and in our expressions, we talk about the divergent ways in which we experience life.
I get it - it's not for a mass audience. A majority just won't get it. The system aligns way too perfectly with how they think, feel and express for them to feel the need to consider other perspectives.
And that's ok. Maybe in another life we'll all come back as the same people we now are, and the system will come back as someone totally different who mainstreams us rather than marginalizing us.
And then the art we create, the dance we do, the songs we sing and everything else we do will be celebrated for its full authenticity.
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