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Released 6 years ago.
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Surviving the Block
2020 1h 31m EN
Synopsis
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A documentary that reveals the epidemic of violence against transgender women of colour through the eyes of Moka Dawkins, one woman who fought back against her attacker and survived... only to find herself on trial for his murder. Transgender sex worker, Moka Dawkins, is attacked by a client and fights him off, but when police arrive, it's Moka that's arrested and put on trial for murder.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Alyesha Miller
Germain Kierdorf
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Rebecca Snow
- Languages
- English
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The take
Rebecca Snow directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 6 years ago.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Alyesha Miller and Germain Kierdorf carry the top of the cast.
- 4IMDB entry: tt23330124 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 91 min · 1h 31m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Rebecca Snow
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV2020-11-07
