Call Her Ganda

Movie Details:

Country Philippines
Language Tagalog, Filipino, English
GenreDocumentary
Release dateSeptember 21, 2018
Running time1hr 33min
StarringSee below
Directed by PJ Raval
Written byVictoria Chalk
PJ Raval
Produced byKara Magsanoc-Alikpala
PJ Raval
Marty Syjuco
Lisa Valencia-Svensson
Cinematography by Mike Simpson
Edited by Victoria Chalk
Music byNathan Halpern
Chris Ruggiero
Filming locations Olongapo City, Philippines
Production CompanyUnraval Pictures
Fork Films
Naked Edge Films
Distributor Breaking Glass Pictures (United States, 2018)
P.O.V. (United States, 2019)
Vivamax (Philippines, 2021)

Cast & Characters:

  • Naomi Fontanos as Self
  • Jennifer Laude as Self (archive footage)
  • Julita Laude as Self
  • Virginia Lacsa Suarez as Self
  • Meredith Talusan as Self

Storyline:

When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case–an activist attorney, a transgender journalist and Jennifer’s mother)–galvanize a political uprising, pursuing justice and taking on hardened histories of US imperialism.

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