Movie

desires (2015)

• May 14, 2015
• 32m

Overview

Two stories expose the ways in which medicine, law and religion shape discourses of the gendered body: Martina’s, who lived in Colombia in the 19th century and was prosecuted for being a hermaphrodite, and Nour’s, who lived in Beirut during the Ottoman Empire and was forced to marry to her female lover’s brother.

Director

Carlos Motta

Writers

Maya Mikdashi, Carlos Motta