STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 06, 2018 • 3 min read
Those Long Haired Nights Filipino film highlights struggle for transgender rights
By
Cristyn Lloyd
• Aug 06, 2018
With its true-to-life representation of transgender sex workers in Manila, Gerardo Calagui’s 2017 film Those Long Haired Nights is not afraid to court controversy. Southeast Asia Globe spoke with the Filipino director about the film and the challenges facing the LGBT+ community in his homeland