(Queen of Lapa)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Brazil

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

73 minutes

Year:

2019

Directors:

Theodore Collatos

Actors:

Self

Crews:

Director

Director

Producer

Producer

Producer