Pedro Peira on His Film About Transgender Activist Bamby Salcedo ‘LA QueenCiañera’
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variety.comLiza Foreman In documentary “LA QueenCiañera,” filmmaker Pedro Peira follows Mexican-American transgender activist Bamby Salcedo as she prepares a 50th birthday celebration in Los Angeles attended by the people who helped her survive.
The film premiered at OutFest Los Angeles in August, and plays this week at the Guadalajara Intl. Film Festival. A theatrical release will take place in Spain on Nov.
12.Salcedo grew up in Guadalajara, Mexico in poverty. Things became chaotic when her father moved to the U.S. Her mother abused her psychologically, and her step-father sexually.
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