MARIA LUIZA

US | 80 min. | 2019 | Portuguese with English subtitles
DIRECTOR: Marcelo Diaz

SYNOPSIS: Maria Luiza da Silva is the first transgender in the history of the Brazilian Armed Forces. After 22 years of work in the military, she retired due to disability. The film explores the complex barriers she faced and her path of affirmation as a trans, military and Catholic woman.

FESTIVALS: It’s All True (É Tudo Verdade - Rio, Sao Paulo/Brazil), FIDBA (Buenos Aires International Documentary Film Festival / Argentina), TranScreen (Amsterdam Transgender Film Festival / Netherlands), Human Rights International Film Festival Colombia, International Queer Film Festival Playa del Camen, Mexico - Festival Chéries-Chéris, Brasilia Film Festival of Brazilian Cinema / Festival de Brasília (Brazil, San Diego Latino Film Festival (USA), Amazonia DOC / Festival Pan-Amazônico de Cinema (Brazil), Seattle Latino Film Festival (USA), Geneva International Queer Film Festival/Everybody’s Perfect (Switzerland), International Film Festival Signes de Nuit (Paris/França), Primeiro Plano Film Festival (Juiz de Fora/Brazil), OPENING FEATURE: Atlantidoc / International Documentary Film Festival (Uruguay), MICMX - Muestra Itinerante De Cine Mx (Mexico)

AVAILABILITY:
Broadcast and streaming (U.S.)