Translatina is a 90 minute documentary that was three years in the making, took 100 hours of filming and contains interviews from people in 15 nations. The documentary has been selected for five international festivals and it chronicles the challenges faced by Latin American trans women in accessing work, education, justice, health care, and other basic services in the region.
The Spanish language film with English subtitles also showcases the efforts of Latin American transgender organizations are starting to dialogue with governments in the region to demand justice and services for trans women.
For those of you in the Washington DC metro areawho wish to see it, you may head over to the Pan American Health Organization later today and check out their screening of Translatina
PAHO is located at 525 Twenty-third Street, N.W., and the screening will run from 6:00 to 8:30 PM EDT. After a welcoming ceremony, they will serve refreshments before beginning the film.
Here's the trailer for it, of which sections of it aren't workplace viewer friendly.
The screening is sponsored by the group Latin@s En Accion. If you need more info about it you can call Ruby Corado at (202) 506-0894
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