My Body is Political
2017, Portuguese. Directed by Alice Riff.
Paula, Beatriz, Giu and Fernando live in one of the poorest favelas of São Paulo. A world of marginalization and despair, in which they struggle for their rights as transgenders, but also for survival: according to the statistics from the Transgender Europe NGO, Brazil is the nation with the highest number of murders of transgender people each year. The choice to experience your body in complete freedom is a revolutionary concept and highly risky in this context. It is an affirmation of one's being. it is no coincidence that one of them, who has begun the transition phase writes in his diary: "Each hormone pill is a declaration of ownership of my body. After each pill, I feel much better in my own skin". This movie shows their daily life, their struggles and protests in a world where ignorance becomes oppression and hate: in a word transphobia.
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- 1h 11m
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- Language
- Portuguese
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- Released
- 30 November 2017
- Original title
- Meu Corpo é Político
- Country
- Brazil
- Written by
- Alice Riff
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My Body is Political isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 30 November 2017. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed My Body is Political?
My Body is Political (2017) was directed by Alice Riff and stars Linn da Quebrada, Paula Beatriz, Giu Nonato.