Call Her Ganda
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Logline
Grassroots activists in the Philippines are spurred into action when a local transgender woman is found dead in a motel room with a 19-year-old U.S. marine as the leading suspect. As they demand answers and a just trial, hidden histories of U.S. colonization come bubbling to the surface.
PJ Raval
Director/Producer
PJ Raval is a producer and director whose credits include TRINIDAD(Showtime), BEFORE YOU KNOW IT(PBS), and his latest feature documentary CALL HER GANDA which is supported by the Ford Foundation, Arcus, Bertha Foundation, Sundance Film Institute, Fork Films, and the Tribeca Film Institute. PJ is also an award winning cinematographer whose credits include the Academy Award nominated Best Documentary TROUBLE THE WATER. He is a 2015 Guggenheim fellow, 2016 Firelight Media Fellow, and 2017 Robert Giard Fellow.
Marty Syjuco
Producer
Marty is an Emmy‐nominated filmmaker whose film, GIVE UP TOMORROW, won both the Audience and Special Jury Prize at the Tribeca Film festival. His latest film, ALMOST SUNRISE, will broadcast premiere on P.O.V. this fall.
Lisa Valencia-Svensson
Producer
Lisa is an award winning producer whose first documentary HERMAN'S HOUSE won an Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming Emmy and broadcast on POV. Her second feature MIGRANT DREAMS was awarded a Canadian Hillman Prize.
Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala
Producer
Kara Alikpala is a contributing producer to CNN International and Public Broadcasting Service USA. Her documentary Batas Militar , was a finalist at the International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam and the New York Film Festival.