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Your Mother's Comfort
Year
2019
Language
PORTUGUESE
Duration
1h 24m
Rating
NR
CC
Performers
Indianara Siqueira
Directed By
Adam Golub
Publication Information
Collective Eye Films
Summary
"We transgender are the revolution!" Indianara Siqueira, trans activist and politician, admonishes her political party for ousting her days before the 2018 Brazilian national elections. In the same election cycle extreme-Right candidate Jair Bolsonaro is a forerunner for president of the republic. Indianara is the mother of a homeless shelter and community center for trans sex workers called Nem House in the center of Rio de Janeiro. Nem House is a squat and facing the threat of eviction Indianara occupies a colonial palace near Nem House to bargain with the city to save the house. As Brazilian democracy crumbles around her she fights to save her community from the uncertain streets.