Movie Description

Selma Light: Para os aplausos do público

(2024)

Overview

In the form of a documentary, this Final Year Coursework chronicles the career of Selma Light, a transgender woman, drag queen, and activist, a prominent voice in the LGBTQIA+ movement in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. The construction of the biographical narrative revisits key moments in Selma's career, such as when she traveled with theater companies, her first time as a drag queen, and her debut as a performance artist. Her personal life is also explored, from her childhood in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul to her acceptance of her gender identity. Her current work adds a new challenge to the struggle of the LGBTQIA+ community in the capital of Santa Catarina: she holds a public office, never before held by a trans person. She has the decision-making power to advance the struggle of the LGBTQIA+ community in the capital of Santa Catarina.

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Original TitleSelma Light: Para os aplausos do público

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2024-12-11

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 30m

Budget₹ 28000

Production CompaniesAn Independent Production

Genres

  • Documentary