FESTIMANIA PICTURES
 
Summary
Staff
Films
News
LA QUEENCIAÑERA
SALES All rights, World PROD
 
More Information

Completed - ENGLISH, SPANISH - LGBT, Animation, Documentary - 84 minutes

Log Line

Transgender Latina activist Bamby is about to throw an epic birthday celebration that will honor her chosen, queer family, at the same time as she tries to find peace with her biological family.

Year of production : 2021

Director(s) : Pedro PEIRA
Writer(s) : Pedro PEIRA
Cast : Bamby SALCEDO, Patricia ARQUETTE, Rosario DAWSON

Producer(s) : Pedro PEIRA (Festimania Pictures)

Synopsis

Bamby, an undocumented transgender Latina human rights activist, organizes her 50th birthday celebration attended by many people significant to her life and survival. As she prepares for the event, Bamby travels through Los Angeles and watches her life go past; from the streets where she smoked crack and the Men’s County Jail where she was raped to journalists and academics she has enlisted to her causes, as well as communities and organizations she has gathered to change the life of transgender people.

Production

Country(ies) : SPAIN

Festivals and Awards

Seminci - Valladolid IFF 2021 Tiempo de historia
Seattle Latino Film Festival 2021 (Best Screenplay)
LesGaiCineMad 2021
Festival de cine Iberoamericano de Huelva 2021
Festival de Puerto Vallarta 2021
Outfest Los Angeles 2021
Guadalajara FICG 2021
Valladolid 2021


If any information seems out of date, let us know