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Call Her Ganda

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Isabel Bader TheatreSat, Apr 28 9:15 PM Buy  
 
TIFF Bell Lightbox 1Sun, Apr 29 3:45 PM Buy  
 
Scotiabank Theatre 3Sun, May 6 5:45 PM Buy  
 
Film Info
Runtime:93
Copyright:2018
Country Listing:USA
Premiere Status:International Premiere
Rating:14A
Festival Info
Festival Year:2018
Language:Tagalog
English
Subtitles:Partial Subtitles
Program Categories:World Showcase
Film Subjects:America
Crime & Punishment
Gender & Sexuality
LGBT Cultures & Issues
War, Conflict & the Military
South & Southeast Asia
Website:http://callherganda.com
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):PJ Raval
Producer(s):Kara Magsanoc Alikpala
Lisa Valencia Svensson
Marty Syjuco
Executive Producer(s):Daniel Chalfen
Editor(s):Victoria Chalk
Writer(s):PJ Raval
Victoria Chalk
Cinematography:Mike Simpson
Music:Nathan Halpern
Chris Ruggiero

Description

The violent murder of local trans woman Jennifer Laude, by US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton during his "liberty leave" in Olongapo City, ignites a media firestorm, a high-profile court case and street protests. Three women intimately invested in the case combine forces to demand justice: activist attorney Virgie Suarez, transgender investigative journalist Meredith Talusan and Jennifer's mother, Julita. Taking on well-established legal precedents that ensure US military presence and impunity in the Philippines and perpetuate transphobia, the women aim to end the pattern of American predators evading criminal consequences. In death, Jennifer becomes a flashpoint for national discussion about gender-based violence, transgender discrimination and the Visiting Forces Agreement between the Philippines and the United States, bringing disparate issues and players together under a common cause. Call Her Ganda forges a profoundly humanistic geopolitical investigative exposé from personal tragedy and insists that justice and systemic change can't come soon enough. Angie Driscoll

Co-presented with Xtra.

 
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