MULHERES QUE NORTEIAM

TRANSAMAZONIA

RENATA TAYLOR, DÉBORA MCDOWELL, BEA MORBACH

2019, 74’

• MULHERES QUE NORTEIAM
  24 Nov - Dec 08th (24h) IC PLAY

Like a true road-movie, the film travels along the Transamazônica highway, capturing encounters and landscapes between the cities of Marabá, in Pará, and Lábrea, in Amazonas. Melissa is a 21-year-old mother. Marcelly, at 35, is unemployed. The two are transvestites who live in different parts of this road that tore the country apart.

about the director RENATA TAYLOR

Born in Almeirim (PA). At age 49, she made her directorial debut in the documentary Transamazonia (2019). Trans activist and LGBTQIA+ and Human Rights political organizer for at least 10 years in the Amazon and in the rest of the country, integrating networks such as Gretta (Amazon Trans and Transvestite Resistance Group) and Antra (National Trans and Transvestite Association).

about the director DÉBORA MCDOWELL

From Belém (PA), journalist and filmmaker. It produces productions permeated by contemporary debates about culture, gender and territory. She is the director and screenwriter of the short film Não Serei Interrompida (2019), a Princeton University production about the legacy of Marielle Franco, shown in the United States during the Black Feminisms Across Americas conference, with the participation of Angela Davis.

about the director BEA MORBACH

Born in Marabá (PA). Since 2014, she has worked as an audiovisual director at the Pará production company Muamba Estúdio, directing, scripting and editing works in which scenes and people from the northern region of Brazil play a leading role, having dedicated herself to researching geopolitics in the southeast of Pará and its colonization schemes.

TRAILER  

original title

TRANSAMAZONIA

country

Brazil

ratings

12

screenplay

Bea Morbach, Renata Taylor, Melissa Gabriela, Marcelly Roberts

cinematography

André Morbach

editing

Bea Morbach, Débora Mcdowell

sound designer

Rafael Bordalo

cast

Melissa Gabriela, Marcelly Roberts, Alonso Rabelo, André Oliveira, Dany Pink, Francisca Mendes da Silva, Lourrana Gonçalves, Luciano Monteiro, Liandra Coelho, Magda Viana da Silva, Michely Souza da Silva, Nicolly da Silva Lobato, Rafaela Lima dos Santos, Raiara Alencar, Renata Taylor, Samir Leandro Oliveira

contact

debora@muamba.tv

Like a true road-movie, the film travels along the Transamazônica highway, capturing encounters and landscapes between the cities of Marabá, in Pará, and Lábrea, in Amazonas. Melissa is a 21-year-old mother. Marcelly, at 35, is unemployed. The two are transvestites who live in different parts of this road that tore the country apart.

FESTIVAIS E PRÊMIOS 2023 - Amazônia (Fi)Doc – Edição Especial Rio de Janeiro - Semana de Arte e Muralismo – Mostra Paraense – Pará 2022 - Festival Resistimos - Cidade do México, México - IV Mostra Sesc de Cinema – São Paulo 2021 - Mostra Histórias do Brasil Profundo – Rio de Janeiro - Festival Internacional Amazônida de Cinema de Fronteira - Mostra Mulheres do Norte – Pará - Cineclube Patrícia Ferreira Pará Ixapy – Amazonas – Mostra Entre Rios - Cineclube Telas Abertas – Ceará - Mostra de Cinema Nortista – Cine Vitória UFS - Mostra Ciclo Rosa – Bogotá, Colômbia - Especial Cabíria – Mubi Brasil - Mostra Mermã, Vamos ao Cinema! – Maranhão 2020 - Festival Amazônia Doc – Pará – Melhor Filme - Cabíria Festival – São Paulo - Mostra Cuité – Rio Grande do Sul 2019 - Festival Mix Brasil 2019 – São Paulo – Prêmio do Júri de Melhor Direção de Longa

about the director RENATA TAYLOR

Born in Almeirim (PA). At age 49, she made her directorial debut in the documentary Transamazonia (2019). Trans activist and LGBTQIA+ and Human Rights political organizer for at least 10 years in the Amazon and in the rest of the country, integrating networks such as Gretta (Amazon Trans and Transvestite Resistance Group) and Antra (National Trans and Transvestite Association).

about the director DÉBORA MCDOWELL

From Belém (PA), journalist and filmmaker. It produces productions permeated by contemporary debates about culture, gender and territory. She is the director and screenwriter of the short film Não Serei Interrompida (2019), a Princeton University production about the legacy of Marielle Franco, shown in the United States during the Black Feminisms Across Americas conference, with the participation of Angela Davis.

about the director BEA MORBACH

Born in Marabá (PA). Since 2014, she has worked as an audiovisual director at the Pará production company Muamba Estúdio, directing, scripting and editing works in which scenes and people from the northern region of Brazil play a leading role, having dedicated herself to researching geopolitics in the southeast of Pará and its colonization schemes.