The moving documentary 'Call Her Ganda' investigates the story of a slain transgendered woman in the Philippines. The story of a heinous crime made more painful due to the political bias it uncovered, PJ Raval's documentary Call Her Ganda equally serves as a courtroom drama, a legal exposé, a family story of immense grief, and an account of a country's rising indignation. In October 2014, Jennifer Laude, a transgendered woman working as a hairstylist in the Philippines to support her mother, was murdered by an American marine. After meeting one evening at a local lounge, Joseph Scott Pemberton took Laude to a hotel room where, upon discovering that Laude was transgendered, strangled her to death in the bathroom. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 25 April, 2018