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The relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines
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Call Her Ganda

The relationship between theU.S. and the Philippines is really a relationship between a...

The relationship between the
U.S. and the Philippines is really a relationship between a colonizer and a
colony or a neo-colony

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The relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines
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is really a relationship between
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a colonizer and a colony or a neo-colony.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:47
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Breaking Glass Pictures,Unraval Pictures,Naked Edge Films,Sundance Institute,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,Fork Films,Tribeca Film Institute,Center for Asian American Media (CAAM),The Bertha Foundation,Firelight Media,Gucci,Independent Film Producers (IFP)

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Movie Summary

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...
[Film Narrator] This is the story of the Philippines, - Call Her Ganda 00:08
[Film Narrator] This is the story of the Philippines,
Discovered over 400 years ago by the explorer Magellan, - Call Her Ganda 00:09
Discovered over 400 years ago by the explorer Magellan,
[military marching music] - Call Her Ganda 00:11
[military marching music]
We were said to have been granted independence. - Call Her Ganda 00:05
We were said to have been granted independence.
But in exchange, we've had to agree - Call Her Ganda 00:06
But in exchange, we've had to agree
- The VFA stands for Visiting Forces Agreement. - Call Her Ganda 00:06
- The VFA stands for Visiting Forces Agreement.
This VFA really comes into play in this case - Call Her Ganda 00:10
This VFA really comes into play in this case
Legal hold means that if you're charged with a crime - Call Her Ganda 00:09
Legal hold means that if you're charged with a crime
- Put it this way, - Call Her Ganda 00:12
- Put it this way,
But what's happened in this case - Call Her Ganda 00:08
But what's happened in this case
Number one, he remains in the custody - Call Her Ganda 00:04
Number one, he remains in the custody
Number two, he was never physically investigated - Call Her Ganda 00:05
Number two, he was never physically investigated
Number three, his attendance in court proceedings - Call Her Ganda 00:11
Number three, his attendance in court proceedings
- With the VFA, it's like - Call Her Ganda 00:06
- With the VFA, it's like
Because even if you are convicted, - Call Her Ganda 00:07
Because even if you are convicted,
[Female Reporter] It's a wrap for U.S. President Barack Obama. - Call Her Ganda 00:04
[Female Reporter] It's a wrap for U.S. President Barack...
The U.S. reached a 10-year defense deal - Call Her Ganda 00:06
The U.S. reached a 10-year defense deal
- As the U.S. is now trying even to expand - Call Her Ganda 00:14
- As the U.S. is now trying even to expand
God bless the alliance between our great nations. - Call Her Ganda 00:04
God bless the alliance between our great nations.
[audience applauding] - Call Her Ganda 00:12
[audience applauding]