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  • 2018
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2018
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina transwoman, 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.

Directed By: PJ Raval

Written By: Victoria Chalk, PJ Raval

  • 2018
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2018
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m

Call Her Ganda

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina transwoman, 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.

Directed By: PJ Raval

Written By: Victoria Chalk, PJ Raval

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80
Sep 20, 2018
Handling its complex issues and complicated plot developments with forceful clarity, the film proves simultaneously heartbreaking and inspirational.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 20, 2018
Call Her Ganda is not a bad documentary, but it is one with entirely too much to say in one 93 minute piece. Brevity is the soul of wit, but in this case, focus would be the soul of the debate.
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Sep 27, 2018
Call Her Ganda works best when it’s focused on Laude and the case of her murder, an overwhelming showcase of empathy and persistence in the face of American racism and transmisogyny.
By Juan Barquin FULL REVIEW
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Sep 27, 2018
Even with its stumbling nature, though, Call Her Ganda is still a valiant effort to fuse inquiry, testimony, heart and protest in dealing with its complex intertwining of facts and issues.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 20, 2018
Call Her Ganda (“ganda” means “beautiful” in Tagalog) remains commendable for its focus on the case, and for its insistence that the crime against Ms. Laude not be forgotten.
By Ken Jaworowski FULL REVIEW
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Sep 20, 2018
With access to only one side of its central conflict, and a scattershot approach that skims over key details and points of interest, this well-intentioned documentary leaves audiences feeling like they’re only getting part of a much larger story.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Unraval Pictures, Fork Films, Naked Edge Films
Release Date Sep 21, 2018
Duration 1 h 33 m
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Tagline How One Life Galvanized a Nation
Website http://callherganda.com/
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Awards

Young Critics Circle, Philippines
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists Excellence in Documentary Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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