
A proud transgender sex worker since the age of eleven, Luana Muniz, now fifty-nine, shapes a new reality in her “hostel” by housing a new generation of transgender sex workers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Queen of Lapa explores the day-to-day lives, rivalries, and quests for love of sex workers, as Muniz’s guides them in a city full of hostility towards its LGBTQ community.
- Year2019
 - Runtime73 minutes
 - LanguagePortuguese
 - CountryUnited States, Brazil
 - PremiereWorld Premiere, MdFF 2019
 - RatingNR
 - NoteContains strong language, discussion of sex and violence, and nudity
 
- DirectorTheodore Collatos, Carolina Monnerat
 
A proud transgender sex worker since the age of eleven, Luana Muniz, now fifty-nine, shapes a new reality in her “hostel” by housing a new generation of transgender sex workers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Queen of Lapa explores the day-to-day lives, rivalries, and quests for love of sex workers, as Muniz’s guides them in a city full of hostility towards its LGBTQ community.
- Year2019
 - Runtime73 minutes
 - LanguagePortuguese
 - CountryUnited States, Brazil
 - PremiereWorld Premiere, MdFF 2019
 - RatingNR
 - NoteContains strong language, discussion of sex and violence, and nudity
 
- DirectorTheodore Collatos, Carolina Monnerat