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.
Directors: Carolina Monnerat, Theodore Collatos.
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Luana Muniz as Self |
| Production | Matt Grady | Producer |
| Sound | Michael Leonhart | Music |
| Editing | Matt Grady | Co-Editor |
| Directing | Carolina Monnerat | Director |
| Production | Theodore Collatos | Producer |
| Crew | Theodore Collatos | Cinematography |
| Production | Josh Crane | Producer |
| Editing | Theodore Collatos | Editor |
| Production | Carolina Monnerat | Producer |
| Directing | Theodore Collatos | Director |
| Production | Fuller Todd | Executive Producer |
