TRAILER: This Doc Follows a Trans Woman’s Journey from Guerrillero to Girl Next

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TRAILER: This Doc Follows a Trans Woman's Journey from Guerrillero to Girl Next Door

http://remezcla.com/film/trailer-el-hombre-nuevo-follows-a-trans-womans-journey-from-guerrilla-revolutionary-to-girl-next-door/

Remezcla/Written by Andrew S. Vargas  November 9, 2015

"Next time you're around Montevideo, you might find your car being parked by an unassuming transgender woman with the faintest hint of a Nicaraguan accent. And you probably won't think twice about it. We've all got places to go, and aside from a friendly smile or a handshake, few people would take the time to really get to know the person parking their car. But at least in the case of Stephania – that Montevidean parking attendant of Nicaraguan descent – we'd be doing ourselves a great disservice. Thankfully, a veteran filmmaker named Aldo Garay did us the favor of picking up a camera and letting Stephania tell her extraordinary story. The result is the ironically-titled feature documentary El hombre nuevo (The New Man)."