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Transfiction explores 'ethnofiction' - an experimental ethnographic documentary film style in which the participants collaborate with the filmmaker to act out their own and others' life experiences in improvisations. The film focuses on identity and discrimination in the daily lives o...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Meirelles, Savana (Commentator), Mirassos, Fabia (Commentator), Sjöberg, Johannes (Director)
Format: Video
Language:Portuguese
English
Language Notes:This edition in Portuguese with English subtitles.
Published: London, UK : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2012.
Series:LGBT studies in video
Subjects:
Prostitution > Brazil > São Paulo > Drama.
Transphobia > Brazil > São Paulo > Drama.
Transsexuals > Brazil > São Paulo > Drama.
Brazilian.
Sexuality > Sexual orientation > Transgenderism > Transgender people.
Anthropology > Cultural change and history.
Domestic life > Daily life.
Psychology > Identity > Cultural identity.
Discrimination > Prejudice.
Social Sciences > Anthropology > Cultural anthropology.
Diversity > LGBT Studies > LGBT in the Arts.
Prostitution.
Transphobia.
Transsexuals.
Brazil > São Paulo.
Drama.
Nonfiction films.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Transfiction explores 'ethnofiction' - an experimental ethnographic documentary film style in which the participants collaborate with the filmmaker to act out their own and others' life experiences in improvisations. The film focuses on identity and discrimination in the daily lives of transgendered Brazilians living in São Paulo. Fabia Mirassos projects her life through the role of Meg, a transsexual hairdresser confronting intolerance and re-living memories of abuse. Savana 'Bibi' Meirelles plays Zilda who makes her living as one of the many transgendered sex workers in São Paulo, as she struggles to find her way out of prostitution.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed May 16, 2013).
Physical Description:1 online resource (57 min.)
Playing Time:00:57:00