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Ventana Docs: Portraits of Mafalda Creator Quino, Intolerance, Family Relations, Trans Figures and Rebellious Youth in Cuba (EXCLUSIVE)
A couple of docs tells trans stories, two more on life in Cuba under dictatorship.
A doc feature depiction of the Maria da Penha Patrol in Brazil’s In Maceió which battles to break the cycle of violence against women, protecting victims, some at life-threatening risks. Expressed through the genius, censorship and delirium of Chinolope, a photographer loved and hated by the Cuban establishment, the film documents the encounters and misunderstandings inside the artist’s claustrophobic home as the revolution he knew collapsed outside its walls. A creative hybrid doc blurring the lines between reality and fiction to portray the loss of the director’s grandparents’ house in Caracas—an event marked by violence, intimidation, police abuse and extortion.
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