Screening: Showgirls of Pakistan at UNDO, UnionDocs, Ridgewood, Sunday October 18
by Khajistan
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Sunday, October 18, 2026, 7:30 PM
UNDO at UnionDocs, 352 Onderdonk Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens
Tickets $10 via UnionDocs: uniondocs.org/events/list
Khajistan screens Showgirls of Pakistan at UNDO, the UnionDocs headquarters in Ridgewood, as part of Queer History Month. The evening is a fundraiser for DecrimNY, presented with nooks & crannies, the screening series run by Huilin Chen with support from UnionDocs.
The screening is introduced by the Khajistan team and followed by a short Q&A. Books and merch tables from Khajistan and DecrimNY will be set up in the space.
The film
Showgirls of Pakistan follows three mujra dancers in Lahore as they work the stage and negotiate everything around it: family, money, faith, and the men who run the theaters. It is an intimate portrait of an art form that polite society pretends not to see.