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Body: Its Autobiography

Body: Its Autobiography

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A documentary that shows a body in social and family isolation, but the distance is not caused by the coronavirus, but by being a transvestite. Renata Carvalho is a character of herself, her voice tells us the historicity/transcestrality of her body and the structural transphobia.

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Original Language

Portuguese

Runtime

41 mins

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Release Date

11 September 2020

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Cast

Renata Carvalho

Renata Carvalho

Ela mesma

Erica Malunguinho

Erica Malunguinho

Ela mesma

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