Queen of Lapa - IN COMPETITION

July 27, 7:00 PM – August 2, 11:00 PM

Xerb.tv

$10.00

This is a virtual event. All shorts programs will be available between April 1-30, 2021 and all feature films will be available for ten days between April 8-18, 2021.

Directed by Carolina Monnerat, Theodore Collatos 1h 13m Brazil Portuguese with English subtitles

Larger-than-life actress, cabaret performer, activist, and proud sex professional since the age of eleven, Luana Muniz - arguably one of Brazil’s most recognizable transgender personalities, shapes a new reality for a new generation of transgender sex workers in her hostel by providing a safe working environment in the dangerous neighborhood of Lapa in Rio de Janeiro. Queen of Lapa explores the day-to-day lives, quests for love, housemate rivalries in a turbulent political climate under matriarch Muniz’s watchful and guiding eye.

Directed by Carolina Monnerat, Theodore Collatos | 2019 | 73 min | Brazil | Portuguese with English subtitles