Thursday, February 27, at 5:30 p.m.  

Film and Media Arts: An Evening with PJ Raval (Director, Call Her Ganda)  

Temple Performing Arts Center  

1837 N. Broad St. 

PJ Raval joins us on Thursday, February 27, at Temple at a screening of his film Call Her Ganda followed by a Q&A with FMA Professor Micah Magee. 

More about the documentary Call Her Ganda:

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 (Virgie Suarez), a transgender journalist (Meredith Talusan) and Jennifer’s mother (Julita "Nanay" Laude)--galvanize a political uprising, pursuing justice and taking on hardened histories of U.S. imperialism.

About the filmmaker:

PJ Raval is a queer, first-generation Filipinx American filmmaker whose work amplifies social justice issues through the lived experiences and stories of queer and marginalized communities. Recognized as one of Out Magazine's OUT 100 and named American Documentary | POV’s Creative Visionary of 2024, PJ’s films have been featured on platforms like Netflix, Hulu, PBS, Discovery, and Showtime. As an accomplished cinematographer, PJ shot the Academy Award-nominated documentary TROUBLE THE WATER. He is also the co-founder of the NEA-supported queer arts organization OUTsider and serves on the steering committee of the Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc). A Soros Justice Fellow, Guggenheim Fellow, and USA Artist Fellow, PJ is a member of both the Producers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where he serves as Chair of the Asian Affinity Group.