“Trembling before God” and “Rene’s Story”

Posted on May 2, 2008
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Pelangi Pride Centre presents (10th May 2008) -
“Trembling before God” and “Rene’s Story”.

1) Trembling before God (84mins)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trembling_Before_G-d

Awards

Year Group Award[5][30] Result
2001 Washington Jewish Film Festival Audience Award ― Special Mention Won
Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Nominated
Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Audience Award ― Favorite Documentary Won
L.A. Outfest Grand Jury Award ― Outstanding Documentary Feature Won
Chicago International Film Festival Gold Plaque Won
Berlin International Film Festival Don Quixote Award ― Special Mention Won
Teddy ― Best Film
2002 Glitter Awards Best Documentary voted by the U.S. Gay Press Won
Independent Spirit Awards Truer Than Fiction Award Nominated
2003 GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Documentary Won
2004 Satellite Awards Best Documentary DVD Nominated

2) Rene’s Story (77mins)
Rene, 31, a female-to-male gender reassignment candidate took hormones
for years and “passed” as a man for all of his adult life. Married to
his high-school sweetheart, Wona, a heterosexual woman, for 12 years,
no one would guess Rene was biologically a woman. Living under a veil
of secrecy and lies, Rene and Wona’s lives seemed fine until someone
“outted” the couple at their beloved church and everything they knew
was destroyed. The public revelation of Rene’s secret starts to
unravel his marriage to Wona. Through all of it, Rene continues to
hold on to his lifelong obsession to become a biological male and goes
on a cross-country search to find the best transgender surgeon, only
to discover that the current surgery options are flawed. At the last
minute, Rene finds a surgeon who has created an experimental
procedure, which will be seen in THE OPPOSITE SEX for the first time.

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RSVP - This event is by invitation only, as there are limited seats,
prior registration is required.
For an invite -please email [pelangipridecentre at yahoo dot com] to
RSVP with your name, contact number, the name/s of your guests.

Details at a Glance
Event: “Trembling before God” and “Rene’s Story”.
Date: Saturday, 10th May 2008 (100508)
Time: 4pm
Venue: Pelangi Pride Centre - 54 Rowell Road (in Little India)
Cost per person: $6 (cost of 2 drinks and finger food)

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For directions on how to get to the new PPC:

Come into Hindoo Road from Jalan Besar. Look for tall HDB block 639 at
the end of the road. Corner terrace house with grapevines growing.
Come in from the back door.



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