Paradise Bent, May 20, 2001 | 17th Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

17th Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

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Director

Heather Croall

Year

1999

Run Time

51

min

Country

Australia

Language

English

PROGRAM Time

minutes

CONTENT WARNING:

An exploration of the Samoan faafafine, boys who are raised as girls, who fulfill a traditional role in Samoan culture. In the past they have shared women�s traditional work but today are becoming more westernized and look more like drag queens. Several anthropologists comment on the phenomenon examining issues of culture and gender and the complexities of sexual identity.

This film is presented in English with English subtitles.

When it comes to gender, there is a truly Samoan way of seeing the world. Paradise Bent tells the story of the Samoan fa’afafine: boys who are raised as girls and play an important domestic role in traditional Samoan culture. The film explores the traditional roles of the fa’afafine, the anthropological records of this phenomenon, and the impact of westernization on Samoa, particularly the threat posed by the infiltration of the western drag scene.

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