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Body: Its Autobiography (2020)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 41M

Director : Cibele Appes, Renata Carvalho

Synopsis

A documentary that shows a body in social and family isolation, but the distance is not caused by the coronavirus, but by being a transvestite. Renata Carvalho is a character of herself, her voice tells us the historicity/transcestrality of her body and the structural transphobia.

Actors

Renata Carvalho
Renata Carvalho
Ela mesma
Erica Malunguinho
Erica Malunguinho
Ela mesma

Crews

Cibele Appes
Cibele Appes
Director
Renata Carvalho
Renata Carvalho
Director
Renata Carvalho
Renata Carvalho
Writer
Luh Maza
Luh Maza
Writers' Assistant
David Costa
David Costa
Researcher
Edu Luz
Edu Luz
Sound Recordist
Edu Luz
Edu Luz
Director of Photography
Cibele Appes
Cibele Appes
Director of Photography
Cibele Appes
Cibele Appes
Editor

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