AFEMINADAS
QueerLens Documentary
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1h 34m
LANGUAGE: Portuguese | SUBTITLES: English
Safira O'hara, Khryz Amusa, Chandelly Kidman, Hellena Borgyz, and Jefferson Lemons. From different regions of Brazil, they managed to strengthen the female being as an art form. Afeminadas is a documentary that follows the daily struggle of these characters in search of space, conquests, acceptance and, above all, self-knowledge.
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