THE CHUNTA
LAS CHUNTÁ
Directed by Genevieve RoudaneCast: Jose Domingo Flores, Jose Eliezer Esponda Caceres, Isauro Vidal, Esther Noriega Molina
- DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
- Mexico
- Bi/Pansexual, Documentary, Gay, Latin American, Non-Binary/Gender Nonconforming, Social Issue/Activism
- Spanish
- Subtitled
- 2018
- 61 mins
- Los Angeles premiere
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shareIn a small town in Mexico, once a year, men transform into women and become the Chuntá. Follow two gender-bending gangs of dancers as they face off in a struggle between queer identity and powerful traditions.
Director Bio
Genevieve Roudané is a queer filmmaker who has worked on diverse productions across Mexico and the US. She is the director of the documentary film The Chunta, the story of a queer gang of gender-bending dancers fighting to exist in southern Mexico. Roudané’s work focuses on the intersection of art and social transformation and is informed by her background in community organizing and anthropology. Roudané co-founded the Ocote Film Festival. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Preceded By
FABULOUS
Directed by Audrey Jean-Baptiste
Transgender dancer Lasseindra Ninja returns to her home in French Guiana to empower the local LGBTQ community through the art of voguing.
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FABULOUS & THE CHUNTA
Familiar notions of gender roles and performance are challenged and spectacularly reimagined in this pair of dance-based films…
