Queen of Lapa (2019)

Larger-than-life actress, cabaret performer, activist, and proud sex professional since the age of eleven, Luana Muniz - arguably one of Brazil’s most recognizable transgender personalities, shapes a new reality for a new generation of transgender sex workers in her hostel by providing a safe working environment in the dangerous neighborhood of Lapa in Rio de Janeiro. Queen of Lapa explores the day-to-day lives, quests for love, housemate rivalries in a turbulent political climate under matriarch Muniz’s watchful and guiding eye.

Released

2019-05-10

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

73 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Carolina Monnerat, Theodore Collatos

TMDB rating

10.0/10 from 1 votes