
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| The Young FolksKristen LopezRaval makes the audience see the continued hatred and prejudice against trans women that often manifests into violence. |
| New York TimesKen JaworowskiCall 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. |
| Film ThreatNorman GidneyCall 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. |
| Film ThreatNorm GidneyWe have several very important issues all exploding at once here. |
| PopMattersArgun UlgenA languidly told retrospective of Jennifer Laude's homicide, which meshes poignantly with the equally torpid, creaky judicial wheels of the U.S.-Filipino military industrial complex. |
| NOW TorontoKevin RitchieThis is a film that doesn't shy away from challenging anyone's attitudes about trans people and the ongoing effects of colonialism. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckHandling its complex issues and complicated plot developments with forceful clarity, the film proves simultaneously heartbreaking and inspirational. |
| L.A. WeeklyJuan BarquinCall 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. |
| Gay EssentialAlexander RyllFollowing one of the most gut-wrenching events in the history of the Filipino trans movement, Call Her Ganda is a staggering and thought-provoking documentary on the epidemic of violence against LGBTQ people. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleEven 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. |