Special Premiere of “My Name Was January” (a documentary) Part 2
Simply the Best – The Luisa Marshall Show
Every Sunday at 11pm & Monday at 10:30am & 9:00pm primetime
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ALL NEW – Simply the Best – The Luisa Marshall Show:
Airs on Sunday, February 9 at 11pm & Monday, February 10 at 10:30am & 9:00pm on SMC.
On the Show:
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Watch our special interview with SHER Vancouver founder, Alex Sangha.
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And the second half of “My Name Was January”
ALL NEW – SIMPLY THE BEST Season 11!
Part 2 of “My Name Was January”. It tells the true to life story of the most beloved member of SHER Vancouver, the late January Marie Lapuz who was born in the Philippines. January later moved to Canada and was brutally murdered in her New Westminster home on September 30, 2012.
Despite January’s challenges and struggles as a transgender person living in poverty, she made a lot of friends and became a shining star and true ambassador of SHER Vancouver.
In this short 26 minute documentary, her friends and her mother Betty Lapuz share their grief, feelings and fear.
“My Name Was January” has been screened in many countries such a Canada, USA, England, India, Norway, Spain, Cyprus, Taiwan, Lebanon, Philippines and Russia.
This documentary film won 13 awards:
- Award of Recognition – LGBT, Best Shorts Competition, La Jolla, California
- Best Documentary Short Film, Aphrodite Film Awards, New York City
- Best LGBTQ Film, Los Angeles Film Awards, Los Angeles
- Best Documentary – Gold Award, LA Shorts Awards, Los Angeles
- Best Picture – Short Film – Gold Award, Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival, Malibu, California
- Best Poster Art – Silver Award, Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival, Malibu, California
- Best LGBTQ Short, Global Film Festival Awards, Los Angeles
- Best GLBT Short, Directors Circle Festival of Shorts, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Award of Exceptional Merit – LGBT Category, Depth of Field International Film Festival, Nassau, Delaware, USA
- Documentary Short Competition, 2019 Royal Reel Winner, Canada International Film Festival, Vancouver, B.C.
- Best Short Documentary, Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Best Foreign Short, Hollywood Blvd Film Festival, Hollywood, California
- Best LGBTQ Short, Platonic Film Competition, Chandigarh, India
Our special thanks to Alex, Ash, SHER Vancouver and to all those who love January. The January Marie Lapuz Youth Leadership Award is an annual award given by SHER Vancouver to a deserving youth between 16 and 30 years of age that has done numerous service and volunteerism and dedication in the LGBTQ community whether locally, nationally, and/or internationally.
“Everyone gets cards at the beginning of life. I am transgender, I decided to be honest and tell everyone about it, and that it.”
– Eddie Izzard
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