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My Body Is Political

Year
2017
Country
Brazil
Duration
71’
Director
Alice Riff

My Body Is Political talks about the everyday life of four transgender people who live in poor neighborhoods in São Paulo. The narrative is developed with a mix of their intimate lives and broader social context, raising questions about the Brazilian transgender community and their political disputes.

CREW:
Director: Alice Riff
Producer: Heverton Lima
Cinematographer: Vinícius Berger
Editor: Yuri Amaral
Sound: Tales Manfrinato
Production
Paideia Filmes
Sales:
Studio Riff, Alice Riff, +5511992997878, [email protected]
Awards
2017 – Visions du Réel; International Film Festival of Curitiba (Brazil), Best Brazilian Film Award
Director
Alice Riff

Alice Riff was born in 1984 in São Paulo, Brazil. She graduated in Cinema and Social Sciences (FAAP, USP), and works as a director and executive producer. She is the executive producer of Histories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell, (premiere at Mostra Tiradentes, 2017). She’s working on her next feature documentary, Platamama.

Selected Filmography

Selected: Freestyle City (2013), 100% Bolivian, Bro (2014), Let’s Dance Invisible Orchestra (2016), My Body Is Political (2017)

Hall «KINOMAN»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Q&A
Original language with English and Ukrainian subtitles
Hall «ANSHLAG»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Q&A
Original language with English and Ukrainian subtitles
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May
June 2024
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Year
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Country
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Director
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Duration
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Year
2016
Country
Sweden, Kenya, Thailand, Uganda
Director
Jonny von Wallström
Duration
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