

Overview
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.
Year 2019
Studio
Director Carolina Monnerat, Theodore Collatos
Crew Matt Grady (Producer), Michael Leonhart (Music), Matt Grady (Co-Editor), Carolina Monnerat (Director), Theodore Collatos (Producer), Theodore Collatos (Cinematography)
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Language Português