

What Do You See
2018-01-01 · 6 min · Not rated
Sereena confronts stigma and stereotypes on a daily basis being a transsexual in today’s society. In this short hybrid documentary, Sereena refuses to justify who she is and turns it back onto us and asks – what do you see when you look at her and can you look past the superficial and see the real her?
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- Michael Bonner
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- Australia
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