MARIA LUIZA

By Marcelo DÍAZ

DIAZUL DE CINEMA - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2019

Maria Luiza is the first transgender in the Brazilian Armed Forces. After 22 years of work, she was retired due to disability. The film investigates the reasons behind her prohibition to wear the feminine uniform and her trajectory into affirmation as a military, Catholic transgender woman.

Festivals
& Awards

Ventana Sur 2019
Festival Chéries-Chéris 2019 (25e festival du film LGBTQ & +++ de Paris/France) 2019
Compétition Documentaires
International Queer Film Festival Playa del Camen, Mexico 2019
Competition
52nd Brasilia Film Festival of Brazilian Cinema (Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro) 2019
Voices
It's All True (É Tudo Verdade 2019
The State of Things
FIDBA Buenos Aires International Documentary Film Festival 2019
LGBT Competition
TranScreen 2019 (Amsterdam Transgender Film Festival) 2019
Brazil in Focus
Human Rights International Film Festival Colombia 2019 2019
Features Docs
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Drama, LGBT
    • Countries
    • BRAZIL
    • Languages
    • BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE
    • Duration
    • 80 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Marcelo DÍAZ
    • Writer(s)
    • Marcelo DÍAZ
    • Producer(s)
    • Marcelo DÍAZ (Diazul de Cinema)
    • Synopsis