Maria Luiza Film Screening and Q&A Session with Director, Marcelo Diaz

Event time: 
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - 8:00pm to 10:30pm
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Event description: 

Join the Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies at Yale University for a film screening and a Q&A session after the screening with the film director (Marcelo Díaz) of Maria Luiza. The Q&A session will be moderated by Prof. Margherita Tortora at Yale.
Maria Luiza is a documentary about Maria Luiza da Silva, the first transgender in the history of the Brazilian Armed Forces. After 22 years of work as a military, she was retired due to disability.