TransMéxico

Winner of the Audience Choice Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Claudia Ymi Sanchez’s powerful documentary, Transmexico, is a celebration of three transwomen in Mexico who have made successful lives for themselves despite a culture that would sometimes, quite literally, rather see them dead.

Transwomen face more difficulties in Latin America than in any other part of the world. In most of these countries, unchecked transphobia severely limits trans people’s access to education, employment, housing, and medical services. In Mexico, which has one of the highest murder rates of transwomen in the world, the prosecution of these crimes is regrettably uncommon. Despite these challenges, many transwomen live empowered lives; they live in truth and have found respect, acceptance, love, and fulfilling careers. Based on true stories –written and recounted by the protagonists themselves – “TransMexico” is built around the incredible lives of three such transwomen.

Preceded By

My Dreams are Who I am

Directed by Olga Lvoff, Rick Guidotti, Victor Ilyukhin

Olivers starts anew in New York City