Documentary, Crime
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 Phantom Speaks
Key Largo
Tie and Red Nail
High Crimes
The Last Supper
Running for His Life: The Lawrence Phillips Story
Fresh
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
The Reaper
Very Bad Things
Transgender Kids: Who Knows Best?
Enter the Ninja
Kumu Hina
Smart Money
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Purgatoryo
IMDB 2.6 | Oct , 2016
A story of Ilyong, recently-dead man killed by the police, after he was caught stealing. This is the beginning of his story, his death. Soon after, he was brought into a sleazy funeral home, run by Violet, a greedy homosexual who has learned to survive by renting out the dead bodies in his funeral home to Simon. Along for the ride is Jojo, a police officer who is under the payroll of Simon and who supplies the dead bodies for Violet to take care of and make money from. Violet has two workers, On-on and Dyograd.Heathers
IMDB 7.3 | Oct , 1988
A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.King of Chinatown
IMDB 5.8 | Mar , 1939
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.Boys Don't Cry
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 1999
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.Snakes on a Plane
IMDB 5.4 | Aug , 2006
FBI agent Neville Flynn boards a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a key witness to testify against a mob boss at an upcoming trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate full of hundreds of deadly venomous snakes in an attempt to eliminate the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.Storm Children, Book One
IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 2014
The Philippines is visited by an average of 20~28 strong typhoons and storms every year. It is the most storm-battered country in the world. Last year, Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), considered the strongest storm in history, struck the Philipines, leaving in its path apocalyptic devastation.The Phantom Speaks
IMDB 5.4 | Apr , 1945
The spirit of an executed murderer enters the body of a physician, and forces him to do its bidding--namely, murder.Key Largo
IMDB 7.5 | Jul , 1948
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner James Temple, his widowed daughter-in-law Nora, and ex-GI Frank McCloud.Tie and Red Nail
IMDB 7.4 | Mar , 2014
Several characters realize their personal way to build their own identity from the choice of genre. Transsexual, transgender, crossdressing – the defining of terminologies different ways of looking at yourself are constantly rising, portraying a universe of possibilities, expanding the boundaries of the possible and permitted.High Crimes
IMDB 6.4 | Apr , 2002
A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.The Last Supper
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 1995
A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.Running for His Life: The Lawrence Phillips Story
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 2016
Feature length documentary examining the troubled life and tragic death of college football standout and talented NFL running back Lawrence Phillips, whose scars of childhood abuse and abandonment haunted him throughout his career.Fresh
IMDB 7.2 | Jun , 1994
Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his rival employers against each other.Dead or Alive 2: Birds
IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 2000
Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good... much to the upset of the crime syndicates.The Reaper
IMDB 6.3 | Nov , 2013
Efrain, known as the Reaper, has worked at a slaughterhouse for 25 years. We will discover his deep relationship with death and his struggle to live.Very Bad Things
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 1998
Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle...Transgender Kids: Who Knows Best?
IMDB 3.7 | Jan , 2017
Around the world there has been a huge increase in the number of children being referred to gender clinics. Increasingly, parents are encouraged to adopt a 'gender affirmative' approach - fully supporting their children's change of identity. But is this approach right?Enter the Ninja
IMDB 5.4 | Jul , 1981
After completing his training of ninjutsu within Japan, an American Angolan Bush War veteran by the name of Cole visits his war buddy Frank Landers and his newly wed wife Mary Ann, who are the owners of a large piece of farming land in the Philippines. Cole soon finds that the Landers are being repeatedly harassed by a CEO named Charles Venarius.Kumu Hina
IMDB 6.6 | Jun , 2014
A transgender Native Hawaiian teacher inspires a young girl to fulfill her destiny of leading the school's male hula troupe, even as she struggles to find love and a committed relationship in her own life.Smart Money
IMDB 6.9 | Jun , 1931
Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.