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Travesti Odyssey

Nicolás Videla
Documentary : 96' / Politics, Activism, Art & Artists, Trans, Performance, Friendship, VIH-AIDS

The last performance of the cabaret Travesía Travesti coincides with the social outburst in Chile on 18 October 2019. During the uprising, Anastasia struggles to reunite the former members of a fractured cast, but Maraca, her best friend, does not want to continue with the play. Amnesia, filmmaker and last remaining artist in the company, embarks on a cinematic journey through archives and interviews of a group of friends whose historical disputes reveal behind glitter, feathers and beads the complexities of friendship, inheritance and collectivity in this patriarchal system.

/ EXHIBITION

Lisboa

September 21 | 21h30 | Cinema São Jorge - Sala 3 Buy Tickets

Sections: Queer Art Competition
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/ Details

Year: 2021

Country: Chile, Argentina

Language: spanish

Subtitles: english

With: Anastasia María Benavente, Maracx Bastardx, Madame de Papel, Sofía Devenir, Noelia Le Shalá, Munique Fonguebertt, Amnesia Letal

/ Direction

Nicolás Videla

Chile

Nicolás Videla was born in Santiago de Chile in 1988. Multidisciplinary artist and university professor with studies in Audiovisual Direction and Social Communication, whose projects range between cinema and performance, with a special focus on memory and gender issues. As a drag queen performer, she goes by the name Amnesia Letal, having been part of different plays and art collectives promoting as a cultural management space for art, performance, and counter-sexuality.

Photo: Andrea Villalon

Filmography

2021 – Travesía Travesti (Documentary)
2016 – The Devil’s Magnificent (Documentary)
2013 – Naomi Campbel (Documentary)