Batekoo Directed by Diego Garcia
Brazil/Documentary/13mins/Portuguese with English Subtitles
Batekoo: A central theme of another episode of the documentary series "Inspire the Night", "BATEKOO", started as an unpretentious party and became an important manifesto of the black movement and LGBTQIA + in Brazil.
Fabulous Directed by Diego Carazo
Guyana/Documentary/47min/French with English Subtitles
Fabulous: Lasseindra Ninja, the main character of the film, is a professional transgender dancer born in 1986. She’s a well known artist in France’s voguing scene. After building her career through the balls of New York, France and Brazil, among many other main stages, she comes back to her home country to introduce voguing in Guyane. By the means of her workshop, we witness the emergence of this dance and its impact on self empowerment for a consolidating LGBTQ community. A glimpse of self-liberation and freedom of expression through the body.
Fabulous: Lasseindra Ninja, the main character of the film, is a professional transgender dancer born in 1986. She’s a well known artist in France’s voguing scene. After building her career through the balls of New York, France and Brazil, among many other main stages, she comes back to her home country to introduce voguing in Guyane. By the means of her workshop, we witness the emergence of this dance and its impact on self empowerment for a consolidating LGBTQ community. A glimpse of self-liberation and freedom of expression through the body.