This documentary about transgender artist and performer Linn da Quebrada eschews biography for an in-the-moment snapshot
The original Portuguese title is Bixa Travesty – the now uncool term “tranny” being an approximation of that second word, maybe something to be reclaimed. (“Bixa” is found on urbandictionary.com for “faggot” or “loser”). This film is a portrait of Linn da Quebrada, a transgender woman from São Paulo who is a rapper, musician, broadcaster and performance artist. Bixa Travesty is a track on her album, in which with cheeky melodrama she depicts herself as: “With just one breast, hair dragging on the floor / And in a bloody hand, a heart.”
The film shows her in performance, in the studio, reflecting on the nature of identity, hanging out with friends, and also affectionately chatting with her mum in the apartment where she grew up, arguing about the community’s defeatist habit of romanticising poverty.
The original Portuguese title is Bixa Travesty – the now uncool term “tranny” being an approximation of that second word, maybe something to be reclaimed. (“Bixa” is found on urbandictionary.com for “faggot” or “loser”). This film is a portrait of Linn da Quebrada, a transgender woman from São Paulo who is a rapper, musician, broadcaster and performance artist. Bixa Travesty is a track on her album, in which with cheeky melodrama she depicts herself as: “With just one breast, hair dragging on the floor / And in a bloody hand, a heart.”
The film shows her in performance, in the studio, reflecting on the nature of identity, hanging out with friends, and also affectionately chatting with her mum in the apartment where she grew up, arguing about the community’s defeatist habit of romanticising poverty.
- 6/14/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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Pj Raval’s Call Her Ganda won the audience award for best documentary feature, and Nate Trinrud’s Pop Rox won the audience award for best short film.
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- 6/4/2018
- by Jenn Sherman
- ScreenDaily
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