Queen of Lapa

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Queen of Lapa

Released Jun 19, 2020

1h 14m

Documentary

LGBTQ+

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Brazilian activist Luana Muniz founds the Association of Transgender Sex Professionals and establishes a safe hostel in Rio de Janeiro.

Dennis Harvey

Variety

"Queen of Lapa's" short runtime is long enough to communicate a sense of a unique place done justice in its simultaneously gaudy and poignant essence.

Jun 17, 2020

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Bianca Garner

Filmotomy

This was a very amusing film, but the subjects were all treated with respect and allowed to talk for themselves.

Oct 4, 2024

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Dustin Chang

ScreenAnarchy

Collatos and Monnerat's non-judgmental, fly-on-the-wall approach captures some remarkably intimate moments of their subjects' lives. There is barely any interjections.

Jul 17, 2020

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Alex Cole

Battle Royale With Cheese

Released digitally just in time for Pride, Queen of Lapa is a brilliantly put together documentary and a real insight into a hidden trade, and well worth viewing.

Jun 28, 2020

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Diane Carson

AWFJ.org

What emerges is an informative portrayal of transgender life, its risks and its rewards.

Jun 17, 2020

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Manuel Betancourt

Remezcla

Their cameras feel like visitors that have been allowed into a safe haven that would otherwise have excluded them.

Dec 6, 2019

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Theodore Collatos

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Carolina Monnerat

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Brazilian activist Luana Muniz founds the Association of Transgender Sex Professionals and establishes a safe hostel in Rio de Janeiro.

Director: Theodore Collatos, Carolina Monnerat
Producer: Theodore Collatos, Josh Crane, Matt Grady, Carolina Monnerat
Distributor: Factory 25
Production Co: Brokenhorse Productions
Genre: Documentary, LGBTQ+
Original Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 19, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 19, 2020
Runtime: 1h 14m