
God is a woman
Alexya Salvador, Latin America's first transgender reverend
Synopsis
Alexya Salvador is a trans, black, peripheral woman of indigenous descent, married, mother of three children, including two trans girls. She is also married, a mother of three children, including two trans girls. And she lives a very normative life. During a violent conservative wave in Brazil, she became the first trans Reverend in Latin America, challenging orthodox religious values, becoming a transfeminist religious leader. For her free way of perceiving religion, she is always threatened with death. Her future is uncertain. But through her journey, she transforms religion in Brazil and welcomes all the excluded who had no right to faith.
A film by Barbara Cunha
Producers Chica Mendonça, Paulo Caldas, Nicolás Van Hemelryck, Clare Weiskopf
Produced by Chá Conematografico, 99 Produccoes, Casatarantula, Lira Filmes, Meteorit Filmes
Countries of production Brazil, Colombia, Estonia
Stage Production
Delivery 2023
Length 80’
Spoken Language Portuguese
Selected
CAMPUS LATINO Documentary Campus 2019
CIRCLE Woman Doc Accelerator 2020
CANNES SPOTLIGHT 2020 - Cannes Docs in Progress
Contact
Production and sales info@casatarantula.co