AMAZING TRUTH OF QUEEN RAQUELA!!

The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela, directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson, is an 85 minute drama which chronicles the story of a naive but street smart Filipina transsexual prostitute named Raquela who decides to travel in order to find her prince charming. Like many Transsexuals (often known as "Ladyboys") in the Philippines, Raquela dreams of marrying a heterosexual man from the West. She spends much of her time on the internet looking for men who can come and rescue her. They promise to come, but time after time Raquela gets stood up at the airport. Her life changes when, by luck, she lands a job as a webcam host on a transsexual porn site. The owner of the website, Michael, a "Ladyboy specialist" who runs his business from New York, promises to help Raquela. Through the internet, Raquela makes many interesting friends. Among them is Valery, the only "out of the closet" transsexual in Iceland, who is looking for someone like herself. Through her friends in the internet world, Raquela eventually gets the opportunity to travel far away on her quest to find the straight man of her dreams.

Released in the US on September 26th.

It won Best Feature at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival !!

For more information and schedule http://www.queenraquela.com/

REVIEW TO COME TOMORROW (and it is a positive one!!)

JOURNEY FROM THE FALL opens TODAY!

Please support director HAM TRAN's superb feature film debut: JOURNEY FROM THE FALL, opening TODAY!

JOURNEY FROM THE FALL, an official 2006 Sundance Film Festival selection, is an award-winning film that finally reveals the untold story of what happened to millions of Vietnamese after the fall of Saigon.

Determined not to let one of the most pivotal events in modern history be forgotten, director Ham Tran has crafted a searing epic that traces the route of the boat people, from Vietnam to America, and the fate of those left behind.

Starring Kieu Chinh and Long Nguyen, and winner of 12 international film awards, including the official selection of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, JOURNEY FROM THE FALL has been hailed by critics as "striking in its timeliness, unforgettable in its impact."

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Finally, a film about our community, made from our perspective...

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