
US PREMIERE: Bixa Travesty – Directed by Claudia Priscilla & Kiko Goifman – 75 mins – Portuguese – Brazil
Linn da Quebrada is a black trans woman from impoverished periurban São Paulo; she is also a pop performer who raises her voice for queers of color from the favelas. Accompanied by her childhood friend and partner in crime, black trans woman and singer Jup do Bairro, her concerts are nothing short of dazzling. Aided by exorbitant costumes and plenty of twerking, her performances are onslaughts of electro against Brazil’s white heteronormative gender order and the machismo of the country’s funk scene.
This film is presented with English subtitles.