A film by Audrey Jean-Baptiste 

Documentary / 46 min / French-Guyana / 2019
DCP / Color
Language: French

Cast

Lasseindra Ninja, Victor Lopez Arboleda, Philippe Johannes, Jordy Cordeiro, Jeanine Verrin, Alberte Thomas

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Official selections

FRAMELINE (SAN FRANCISCO)

OUTFEST (LOS ANGELES)

INSIDEOUT (TORONTO)

MIX MILANO (MILANO)

IN&OUT (NICE)

F.A.M.E (PARIS)

FESTIVAL NOUVEAU REGARDS (GUADELOUPE)

DAMN THESE HEELS FILM FESTIVAL – UTAH FILM CENTER (SALT LAKE CITY)

MARKET PHOTO WORKSHOP – FRENCH INSTITUTE (JOHANNESBURG)

PRIDE IN HARLEM (NEW YORK)

THIRD HORIZON : CARIBBEAN CINEMA NIGHTS (NEW YORK)

FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DOCUMENTAL DE BUENOS AIRES – FIDBA (BUENOS AIRES)

SCOTTISH QUEER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (GLASGOW)

LUSTSTREIFEN FILM FESTIVAL (BASEL)

FREAQWEEK – UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN (EAU CLAIRE)

SEATTLE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL (SEATTLE)

EVERYBODY’S PERFECT – GENEVA INTERNATIONAL QUEER FILM FESTIVAL (GENEVA)

NEWFEST (NEW YORK)

UNERHÖRT MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL (BERLIN)

CINE MOVILH FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE LÉSBICO, GAY, BISEXUAL Y TRANSEXUAL (SANTIAGO DE CHILE)

MIX BRAZIL FILM FESTIVAL (SAO PAULO)

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM DOCUMENTAIRE AMAZONIE CARAÏBES – FIFAC (ST LAURENT DU MARONI – GUYANE) : PRIX DES LYCEENS 

MIX COPENHAGEN FILM FESTIVAL (COPENHAGEN)

SLOVAK QUEER FILM FESTIVAL (BRATISLAVA)

REEL AFFIRMATIONS : WASHINGTON DC’S LGBTQ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (WASHINGTON)

IDFA – INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL (AMSTERDAM) : BEST OF FESTS SELECTION

FESTIVAL CINEBANLIEUE (SAINT DENIS)

INTERNATIONAL QUEER & MIGRANT FILM FESTIVAL (AMSTERDAM)

BORDEAUX ROCK (BORDEAUX)

CHÉRIES CHERIS FILM FESTIVAL (PARIS)

ECRAN MIXTE FILM FESTIVAL (LYON)

HEURE EXQUISE ! (LILLE)

FFI SLOVAK QUEER FILM FESTIVAL (BRATISLAVA)

QUEER SCREEN FF (SIDNEY)

QUEENS WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (NEW YORK CITY)

BRISBANE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL (BRISBANE)

SALENTO RAINBOW FILM FESTIVAL (LECCE)

BERLIN FEMINIST FILM WEEK (BERLIN)

REEL Q PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL LGBT FILM FESTIVAL (PITTSBURGH)

MASSIMADI (MONTRÉAL)

RENCONTRES AUDIOVISUELLES – HYBRIDE (LILLE)

VUES D’EN FACE (GRENOBLE)

BOSTON’S LGBTQ FF (BOSTON)

IMAGE +NATION (MONTREAL)

LES RENCONTRES DU DOCUMENTAIRE (PORT-AU-PRINCE)

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Synopsis

Lasseindra Ninja, the main character of the film, is a professional transgenre 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 French Guiana. By the means of her workshop, we catch a glance of its emergence and its impact on self-empowerment for a consolidating LGBTQ community. A glimpse of self-liberation and freedom of expression through the body.

The Director

After studying anthropology and a master’s degree in documentary filmmaking, Audrey Jean-Baptiste has been working for ten years as assistant director for television and cinema. In parallel, she directs self-produced films, trains herself in screenwriting and participates in several writing residencies. She made her first documentary, Fabulous, produced by Six Onze Films. She is currently preparing the film Les Cœurs battants produced by Les Films Grand Huit.

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