
14 Feb 2005

Transamerica
A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
The man called Obam struggles with the increasingly hostile forces facing each other in a colonial African country. The African natives want their land and lives back from the British colonists. Obam's motives are questioned by his own people, in particular his brother Kanda. With the help of his wife Renee and missionary Bruce Craig, will he be able to get things under control before the country self-destructs? Written by Greg Bruno
Renee
Obam
Amugu
Bruce Craig
Barbara Craig
Sandar Lai
Govenor General
Gregory
Prosecutor
Kanda
Magistrate
Overholt
Ben
Fred
Dr. Lin
Ming Tao
1st Officer
2nd Officer
African Doctor
Chinese Officer
14 Feb 2005
A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
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No overview found
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