
Paradise Bent: Gender Diversity in Sāmoa
Paradise Bent: Gender Diversity in Sāmoa
Paradise Bent: Gender Diversity in Sāmoa Free Online HD on Lookmovie. An exploration of the Samoan fa'afafine, 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.
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: Australia
- Director: Heather Croall
- Cast: Derek Freeman, Tania Grey, Jeanette Mageo, Tom Pollard,

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