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Queen of Lapa (2019) | Slate

Queen of Lapa

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Rated 10.0 on TMDB

Queen of Lapa

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.

Released: 2019
Runtime: 1h 13m
Genres: Documentary
Country: Brazil
Language: Portuguese

Direction and writing

Theodore CollatosDirector

Carolina MonneratDirector

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Luana MunizSelf

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