Southern Sorceresses

Oct 7, 2020

1h 29m

★ 3.7

Overview

Through artistic manifestations, a group of LGBTQIA+ people performs public stagings that raise debates on issues of gender, social inequality and prejudice in the streets of downtown São Paulo. Messing with the popular imagination and providing debates, the artists explain their daily struggles to anyone who is interested in acquiring a new perspective on the most subtle layers of intolerance.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

Self

Preta Ferreira

Self

Wan Gomez

Self

Thata Lopes

Self

Mariano Mattos Martins

Self

Gabriel Lodi

Self

Ave Terrena Alves

Self

Fernanda Ferreira Ailish

Self

Helena Vieira

Self

Judith Butler

Self

Sônia Barbosa Ara Mirim

Self

David Karai Popygua Guaraní Mbya

Self

Beth Beli

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