In June, LGBT Pride Month is celebrated worldwide. And the Brazil Channel created a special program to celebrate the diversity of points of view and experiences.
Films, series, talk shows and other non-fiction programs make up the channel's varied and colorful schedule. Check it out below.
PROGRAM
Streaming
Second season premiere
Open Hours: Monday, June 1st, at midnight
Batting: Thursday, 04/06, at 5:15 am; and Sunday, 07/06, at 6:45 am
Classification 12 years
Synopsis: Linn da Quebrada and Jup do Bairro, two plural trans artists, lead an irreverent talk show about issues of gender, sex and race, as well as other everyday topics.
LGBTQI+ PRIDE SPECIAL
From 05/06 to 28/06
Open Hours: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, at 23:10 pm
Batting: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 4am
Rogéria: Senhor Astolfo Barroso Pinto (2018) (82')
Unprecedented and exclusive
Open Hours: Friday, June 5th, at 23:10 pm
Rebound: Tuesday, June 09th, at 06am
Classificação: 14 years
Direction: Pedro Gui
Synopsis: The documentary tells the life and artistic trajectory of Rogéria based on the duality between artist and character. Going through every moment of the transformer's life, the film mixes dramatizations of stages in her life and testimonials from Brazilian artists, such as Betty Faria, Jô Soares and Bibi Ferreira.
As You Are (2016) (105')
Open Hours: Saturday, June 6th, at 23:10 pm
Rebound: Wednesday, June 10th, at 06am
Classificação: 16 years
Direction: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
Cast: Owen Campbell, Charlie Heaton, Amandla Stenberg and Scott Cohen
Synopsis: The retelling of a relationship between three teenagers, while the trajectory of friendship is built through memories revived and triggered by a police investigation.
Praia do Futuro (2014) (106')
Open Hours: Sunday, June 7th, at 23:10 pm
Rebound: Wednesday, June 11th, at 06am
Classificação: 14 years
Direction: Karim Ainouz
Cast: Wagner Moura, Jesuit Barbosa and Clemens Schick
Synopsis: Nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, the film creates one of the most beautiful postcards of Fortaleza, the capital of Ceará and the hometown of Karim Aïnouz. The co-production between Brazil and Germany won in the Best Supporting Actor category at the Brazilian Cinema Grand Prix and stood out in Havana (Cuba), Milan (Italy) and San Sebastian (Spain).
Rare Flowers (2013) (118')
Open Hours: Friday, June 12th, at 23:10 pm
Rebound: Tuesday, June 16th, at 06am
Classificação: 14 years
Direction: Bruno Barreto
Cast: Gloria Pires, Miranda Otto and Tracy Middendorf
Synopsis: The love story between poet Elisabeth Bishop and architect Lota de Macedo Soares. The film follows the story of these two great women and their opposite trajectories.
Bixa Travesty (2018) (75')
Open Hours: Saturday, June 13th, at 23:10 pm
Rebound: Wednesday, 17/06, at 4am
Classificação: 18 years
Direction: Kiko Goifman and Claudia Priscilla
Cast: Linn da Quebrada and Jup do Bairro
Synopsis: Winner of awards in Spain, France, Canada and Italy, the film also received nominations for Teddy at the Berlin Film Festival and Candango for best film at the Brasília Festival. Linn da Quebrada is a figure with revolutionary airs across different spectrums. Trans singer and activist, and presenter of the program “TransMissão”, alongside Jup do Bairro, she makes her art and her life a political and libertarian act for LGBTQ+ activism. The documentary co-produced by Canal Brasil in partnership with Válvula Produções has the performer as the central point of a broad discussion about gender identity, homophobia, sexual fluidity and social standards, all based on a mix of moments that range from private life and the artist's homely activities, performances in bathrooms and saunas to the extravagant shows she performs.
Good Manners (2017) (135')
Open Hours: Sunday, June 14th, at 23:10 pm
Rebound: Thursday, 18/06, at 4am
Classificação: 16 years
Direction: Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra
Cast: Marjorie Estiano, Isabél Zuaa and Miguel Lobo
Synopsis: Clara, a nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by the rich Ana, to help her with her pregnancy and then with the baby. They become very close, until everything changes one night with a full moon.
Tangerine (2015) (88')
Open Hours: Friday, June 19th, at 23:10 pm
Rebound: Tuesday, June 23th, at 06am
Classificação: 16 years
Direction: Sean baker
Cast: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian and James Ransone
Synopsis: Winner of the Felix Prize at the Rio Festival and nominated for the Newcomer Prize at the Sundance Festival. Sin-Dee is a prostitute and transvestite from the outskirts of Tinseltown, a violent district of Los Angeles. Recently released from prison, the protagonist meets with her best friend, Alexandra, and discovers that she was betrayed by Chester, her boyfriend and pimp, during her time in prison. In the middle of Christmas Eve, the character goes on an unbridled search for the man and, with doses of humor, goes through the underworld of drugs and prejudice that hide in the dark side of Hollywood.
Tinta Bruta (2018) (118')
Open Hours: Saturday, June 20th, at 23:10 pm
Rebound: Wednesday, June 24th, at 06am
Classificação: 18 years
Direction: Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon
Cast: Shico Menegat, Guega Pacheco and Bruno Fernandes
Synopsis: Winner of Redeemers for Best Film, Screenplay, Actor and Supporting Actor at the Rio Festival, in addition to two trophies at the Berlin Festival: the Teddy Award and the Art Cinema Award. The film brings up the theme of sexual diversity and follows the daily life of a shy young man who, when facing a moment of crisis, performs private erotic shows in his own home for groups on the Internet as a way of freeing himself from personal demons.
Tattoo (2013) (110')
Open Hours: Sunday, June 21th, at 23:10 pm
Rebound: Thursday, June 25th, at 06am
Classificação: 16 years
Direction: Hilton Lacerda
Cast: Irandhir Santos and Jesuit Barbosa
Synopsis: The award-winning film takes place in Recife, in 1978, a time of great censorship by the military regime against cultural manifestations considered subversive. On the outskirts, Clécio leads the theater group Chão de Estrelas, a troupe of libertarian artists whose members perform an extravagant attraction with countercultural aesthetics typical of the end of the 70s. Staged on a small stage for a small audience, the plays are full of mocking, sarcastic and anarchic verses and dances, with a lot of nudity and humor. Not far away, Fininha serves in a barracks as a soldier and suffers intimidation from colleagues for his supposed homosexuality. The recruit is sent to the concert hall to deliver a package to Paulette and a devastating and revolutionary passion begins with the protagonist. Featured at the Rio Festival in the categories Best Fiction Film by the popular jury, Actor, Supporting Actor, Fipresci Awards and Jury Special in Fiction. At the Gramado Festival, he won the Kikitos for Best Feature Film, Actor and Musical Score.
Mr. Leather (2019) (84')
Unprecedented and exclusive
Open Hours: Friday, June 26th, at 23:10 pm
Rebound: Tuesday, June 30th, at 06am
Classificação: 18 years
Direction: Daniel Nolasco
Synopsis: The documentary follows the second edition of the Mr. Leather Brasil contest, whose participants are Dom PC, Kake, Deh Leather and Maoriguy. The champion receives the prize from Dom Barbudo, the first Mr. Leather in the country, and will have the task of promoting leather culture over the next year.
Today I Want to Go Back Alone (2014) (94')
Open Hours: Saturday, June 27th, at 23:15 pm
Rebound: Wednesday, June 01th, at 07am
Classificação: 12 years
Direction: Daniel Ribeiro
Cast: Ghilherme Lobo, Tess Amorim and Fabio Audi
Synopsis: Leonardo, a blind teenager, tries to deal with his overprotective mother at the same time as he seeks his independence. When Gabriel arrives in the city, new feelings begin to emerge.
Divine Divas (2016) (110')
Open Hours: Sunday, June 28th, at 23:10 pm
Rebound: Thursday, 02/07, at 4am
Classificação: 14 years
Direction: Leandra Leal
Cast: Rogéria, Valéria, Jane Di Castro, Camille K, Fujika de Halliday, Eloína, Marquesa and Brigitte de Búzios
Synopsis: The Canal Brasil co-production, chosen by the public at the Rio Festival as best documentary and winner of the best film category by popular vote at the South By Southwest Festival (USA), rescues the story of the first generation of transvestite artists to be successful in the bustling cultural scene from Rio de Janeiro. The protagonists recall how they discovered their vocation for singing and theater, the exaggerated costumes of the first shows and the influence of star shows held in the 50s at the Carlos Gomes and João Caetano theaters. The testimonies are interspersed with archive images, including videos, photos and magazine covers, behind-the-scenes preparations for the new show, rehearsals and narrations from the director herself as she remembers her childhood living alongside these divas.
DOCUMENTARY
How We Are (2019) (80')
Unprecedented and exclusive
Open Hours: Monday, June 1st, at 18:50 pm
Batting: Wednesday, 03/06, at 17pm; and Tuesday, 09/06, at 11:40 am
Classificação: 14 years
Direction: Rafael Botta
Synopsis: Brazil is the country that kills the most LGBT people in the world. Given this, the documentary proposes a reflection on various subjects, such as gender identity, transsexuality, health, religion and psychology.
DOCUMENTARY
Letter Beyond the Walls (2019) (94')
[It's All True]
Unprecedented and exclusive
Open Hours: Wednesday, June 03th, at 06am
Batting: Thursday, 04/06, at 18:10 pm; Friday, June 05th, at 06:15 pm; and Sunday, 25/07, at 06:11 am
Classificação: 12 years
Direction: André Canto
Synopsis: The historical trajectory of AIDS in the Brazilian imagination, from the epidemic that took over the world and left thousands of victims in the 1980s and 1990s, to the present day. The film proposes a reflection on the evolution of treatments and the challenges and stigmas still faced by people with HIV based on interviews with doctors, patients, authorities and representatives of awareness movements.
SERIES
Every Shape of Love Marathon
Open Hours: Sunday, June 28th, at 06:0 am
Rebound: Monday, June 29th, at 06:19 pm
Classificação: 16 years
Direction: Bruno Barreto
Cast: Gabrielle Joie, Wallie Ruy, Guta Ruiz, Romulo Arantes Neto, Juan Alba, Eucir de Souza, Christiana Ubach, Daniel Infantini, Otavio Martins and Alexandre Cioletti
Synopsis: The series courageously and directly addresses the LGBTQI+ universe. The original script by Marcelo Pedreira presents multiple possibilities of affection between characters with fluid sexuality, in a story that also has, as a backdrop, a sequence of murders.
