Caught
5.5
2021
1 hr 1 min
Drama
, Documentary
In this innovative blend of documentary and fiction, Rosa and Paloma, two trans Latina sex workers in Queens, New York, fight transphobic violence, persecution from the police, and defend their cases of trafficking in an increasingly anti-migration political environment in the U.S.
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All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
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All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
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