| Other author/creator | Meirelles, Savana. |
| Other author/creator | Mirassos, Fabia. |
| Other author/creator | Sjöberg, Johannes. |
| Other author/creator | Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| Series |
Ethnographic video online, volume 2
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| Abstract |
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. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed May 16, 2013). |
| Other forms | Previously released as DVD. |
| Language | This edition in Portuguese with English subtitles. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
