Paradise Bent: Gender Diversity in Sāmoa
1999, English. Directed by Heather Croall.
An exploration of the Samoan fa'afafine, boys who are raised as girls, who fulfill a traditional role in Samoan culture. In the past they have shared women's traditional work but today are becoming more westernized and look more like drag queens. Several anthropologists comment on the phenomenon examining issues of culture and gender and the complexities of sexual identity.
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- 0h 51m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 6 August 1999
- Country
- Australia
- Written by
- Heather Croall, Karin Altmann
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Paradise Bent: Gender Diversity in Sāmoa runs 51 minutes (0h 51m).
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Paradise Bent: Gender Diversity in Sāmoa isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 August 1999. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Paradise Bent: Gender Diversity in Sāmoa?
Paradise Bent: Gender Diversity in Sāmoa (1999) was directed by Heather Croall and stars Derek Freeman, Tania Grey, Jeanette Mageo.