Movie Details:
Country | Philippines |
Language | Tagalog, Filipino, English |
Genre | Documentary |
Release date | September 21, 2018 |
Running time | 1hr 33min |
Starring | See below |
Directed by | PJ Raval |
Written by | Victoria Chalk PJ Raval |
Produced by | Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala PJ Raval Marty Syjuco Lisa Valencia-Svensson |
Cinematography by | Mike Simpson |
Edited by | Victoria Chalk |
Music by | Nathan Halpern Chris Ruggiero |
Filming locations | Olongapo City, Philippines |
Production Company | Unraval 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.