Directed by Isabel Sandoval • 2019 • Philippines, United States
Starring Isabel Sandoval, Lynn Cohen, Eamon Farren
This poignant human drama from acclaimed writer-director-star Isabel Sandoval follows Olivia (Sandoval), an undocumented Filipina trans woman, after she has secured a job as a live-in caregiver for Olga (Lynn Cohen), an elderly Russian woman in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood. Olivia’s main priority is to secure a green card to stay in America. But when she unexpectedly becomes romantically involved with Olga’s adult grandson Alex (Eamon Farren), issues around identity, civil rights, and immigration threaten her very existence.
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If from Every Tongue It Drips
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Weekend
Directed by Andrew Haigh • 2011 • United Kingdom
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