Queen of Lapa

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Queen of Lapa

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

06/17/2020

"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.

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Bianca Garner

Filmotomy

10/04/2024

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

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Dustin Chang

ScreenAnarchy

07/17/2020

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.

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Alex Cole

Battle Royale With Cheese

06/28/2020

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.

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Diane Carson

AWFJ.org

06/17/2020

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

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Manuel Betancourt

Remezcla

12/06/2019

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

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Theodore Collatos

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Carolina Monnerat

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Josh Crane

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Matt Grady

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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