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Call Her Ganda

We actually considerthis a watershed moment in the history of thePhilippine transgender...

We actually consider
this a watershed moment in the history of the
Philippine transgender movement because for the first time,
people are seeing us

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We actually consider this a watershed moment
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in the history of the Philippine transgender movement
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because for the first time, people are seeing us.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
12
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:56
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...
[soft soothing music] - Call Her Ganda 00:13
[soft soothing music]
We saw that in the Babaylan Chronicles, - Call Her Ganda 00:07
We saw that in the Babaylan Chronicles,
They took note of male-bodied people - Call Her Ganda 00:07
They took note of male-bodied people
The work as spiritual leaders of their communities - Call Her Ganda 00:07
The work as spiritual leaders of their communities
The establishment of religion - Call Her Ganda 00:12
The establishment of religion
How the church vanquished the Babaylan or the Shaman, - Call Her Ganda 00:11
How the church vanquished the Babaylan or the Shaman,
Our identities are not acceptable. - Call Her Ganda 00:04
Our identities are not acceptable.
We've been forced to be part of niche industries - Call Her Ganda 00:08
We've been forced to be part of niche industries
The transgender movement itself has to work. - Call Her Ganda 00:05
The transgender movement itself has to work.
They eradicate the notion that you need - Call Her Ganda 00:06
They eradicate the notion that you need
In the meantime, a lot of my trans friends - Call Her Ganda 00:04
In the meantime, a lot of my trans friends
They're saying that it's survival sex work - Call Her Ganda 00:06
They're saying that it's survival sex work
[soft jazzy music] - Call Her Ganda 00:08
[soft jazzy music]
Here in the Philippines, you'll find a lifestyle - Call Her Ganda 00:06
Here in the Philippines, you'll find a lifestyle
With a little knowledge of what this assignment is like - Call Her Ganda 00:07
With a little knowledge of what this assignment is like
[Naomi] We know for a fact that whenever - Call Her Ganda 00:10
[Naomi] We know for a fact that whenever
It encourages the exploitation of women, - Call Her Ganda 00:06
It encourages the exploitation of women,
If you're a trans woman, all the doors close to you. - Call Her Ganda 00:05
If you're a trans woman, all the doors close to you.
You're discriminated in public - Call Her Ganda 00:05
You're discriminated in public
Whether or not Jennifer Laude was a sex worker - Call Her Ganda 00:07
Whether or not Jennifer Laude was a sex worker