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.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

73 min

Actor:

Luana Muniz

Quality:

HD

Director:

Carolina Monnerat, Theodore Collatos

Release:

2019

Country:

Brazil , United States of America

IMDb:

10.0