Maria Luiza

Maria Luiza

Movie |

Army | Social Documentary

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  • Genre(s): Documentary
  • Language(s): Português (Portuguese)
  • Director(s): Marcelo Díaz
  • Cast(s): Maria Luiza da Silva
  • Duration: 1h 20min
  • Music: Miriam Biderman,JP Fonseca,Ricardo Reis,Hudson Vasconcelos,Marcos Manna
  • Award(s): Jury Prize 2020 (Won) Awards List
  • Similar To: A Parte do Mundo que me Pertence, The Last Time I Saw Macao
  • Story:

    The first transgender in the brazilian army, Maria Luiza's story begins in Ceres (Goiás, Brazil), where she was born in July 20, 1960 - the same day we celebrate Santos Dummont's birthday, patron of the Brazilian Aviation. Since she was a child, she didn't consider herself as a boy. During puberty, she went through a vocal cord scraping process and a hormonal treatment to become manlier. Depressed, she dropped out of school. At 18 she enlisted in the Air Force, and being completely in love with airplanes, she saw an opportunity there. She was drafted into the military in 1979. It marked the beginning of 22 years of service as a military aircraft mechanic in Brasilia. Written and directed by Marcelo Díaz.

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STORY

Story

The first transgender in the brazilian army, Maria Luiza's story begins in Ceres (Goiás, Brazil), where she was born in July 20, 1960 - the same day we celebrate Santos Dummont's birthday, patron of the Brazilian Aviation. Since she was a child, she didn't consider herself as a boy. During puberty, she went through a vocal cord scraping process and a hormonal treatment to become manlier. Depressed, she dropped out of school. At 18 she enlisted in the Air Force, and being completely in love with airplanes, she saw an opportunity there. She was drafted into the military in 1979. It marked the beginning of 22 years of service as a military aircraft mechanic in Brasilia. Written and directed by Marcelo Díaz.

AWARDS

Won
Jury Prize Award

Best Documentary | 2020

TRIVIA

Trivia

Maria Luiza was born on July 20th 1960, Brazilian holiday "Santos Dummont Day". Alberto Santos Dummont is the patron of aviation in Brazil, since he is an aviation pioneer, one of the very few people to have contributed significantly to the development of both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft. Maria Luiza is an aeronautical mechanic of the Brazilian Armed Forces.