Astri and Tambulah

Directed by Xeph Suarez

With Usman Agga, Astri Tahari, Taha Daranda, Tambulah Aspari and Lucky Mahari

Astri is a 16-year old transwoman in a relationship with 17-year old Tambulah. Although it’s an unusual sight at the community where they live, nobody bothers them. Subsisting on the coins people throw at them when they perform their traditional dance at the sea. Everything is perfect except that Sama Bajao traditions and a pact made long ago require Astri to marry a woman she hardly knows.