Review of Call Her Ganda (2018) by Francescor — 30 Oct 2018

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This review of Call Her Ganda (2018) was written by Francescor on 30 Oct 2018.

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Even with its stumbling nature, though, Call Her Ganda is still a valiant effort to fuse inquiry, testimony, heart and protest in dealing with…

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By Elizabeth K (2) on 28 Sep 2018

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By Juan Barquin (14) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 26 Sep 2018

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