Renita, Renita
Australasian Premiere
Indonesia 2006 / 16min. Indonesian with English subtitles.
Director Tonny Trimarsanto
Trapped in a male body, Renita wanted to be a doctor and a woman since she was a child but her parents forced her to study at a Islamic school where she was bullied and ostracised. She rebelled by becoming a prostitute in the hope of finding freedom but instead, found that it came at a cost – she experienced brutality and was discriminated against by her family and the Indonesian society in which she lived.
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Awards
In Competition DOCNZ 2007
- Best Short Film, Cinemanila Film Festival 07
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"People think that becoming a transsexual is a profession. It's not a profession. We do this because we need some food. Although we want to have a position in the government, they will not recruit us. Private companies won't accept us either - except working in a beauty parlour." -Renita