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Trailer | Things We Dare Not Do

In a Mexican coastal village, 16-year-old Ñoño has a secret that defies gender norms.

10/25/2021

POV

Trailer | Things We Dare Not Do

Preview: Season 34 Episode 9 | 1m 47s

In a Mexican coastal village, 16-year-old Ñoño has a secret that defies gender norms.

In the small Mexican coastal village of El Roblito, 16-year-old Ñoño lives what seems to be an idyllic existence with his loving family. But he holds a secret. Defying gender norms, Ñoño works up the courage to tell his family he wants to live his life as a woman. Yet when violence interrupts a community celebration, he must face the reality of a country shrouded in machismo and transphobia.

10/25/2021

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POV

Trailer | Things We Dare Not Do

Preview: Season 34 Episode 9 | 1m 47s

In the small Mexican coastal village of El Roblito, 16-year-old Ñoño lives what seems to be an idyllic existence with his loving family. But he holds a secret. Defying gender norms, Ñoño works up the courage to tell his family he wants to live his life as a woman. Yet when violence interrupts a community celebration, he must face the reality of a country shrouded in machismo and transphobia.

10/25/2021

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