Divine divas / FilmRise, DAZA, Brasil Governo Federal ; screenplay, Carol Benjamin, Leandra Leal, Lucas Paraizo and Natara Ney ; producers, Carol Benjamin, Leandra Leal, Natara Ney and Rit Toledo ; directed by Leandra Leal.
Publication Info.
[United States] : FilmRise, [2018]
[Place of distribution not identified] : Vitrine Filmes, [2018]
The Divine Divas are icons of the first generation of Brazilian transvestite artists of the 1960s. One of the first stages to host men dressed as women was the Rival Theatre, then run by Americo Leal, the director's grandfather. The film explores the intimacy, the talent and the stories of a generation that revolutionized sexual behavior and defied the constricted moral standard of the time.