Paradise Bent: Boys Will Be Girls in Samoa
Paradise Bent: Boys Will Be Girls in Samoa

Paradise Bent: Boys Will Be Girls in Samoa

3.5(2 votes)
1999
0h 51m
Documentary

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.

Production

SBS, Re Angle Pictures

Cast

Derek Freeman

Derek Freeman

Self - Anthropologist

Tania Grey

Tania Grey

Self

Jeanette Mageo

Jeanette Mageo

Self

Tom Pollard

Tom Pollard

Self - Anthropologist

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