Uýra, a native, Transgender person and artist, travels through the Amazon Forest to get to know themselves better. Uýra teaches native youth to fight structural racism and transphobia through performance-art and communication with ancestors.
Humans of Film Festival and LGBTQ Humans of Amsterdam are proud to announce that we are once again collaborating with the fantastic Alejandra Ortiz as our film curator during Queer & Pride 2024. Together with her we have selected three films that we will show during the Queer & Pride film program, which runs from July 8th to 14, 2024. The entire Queer & pride program runs this year from July 3rd to August 3rd, 2024. The film Soft (2022) can be seen on July 10th in LAB111, and the films Caer | Caught (2021) and Uyra (2022) can be seen on July 14th, together with a singing performance Agnes Geneva, in Het Ketelhuis. Alejandra Ortiz will also moderate discussions with intriguing panel members immediately after the films, more information will follow soon.
July 14th, 2024 | 19:00 | Film screening at Het Ketelhuis: Uýra: A Retomada da Floresta (2022) + discussion with Alejandra Ortiz
During the Queer & Pride film program we will show Uýra: A Retomada da Floresta (2022), a film by Juliana Curi, in the Het Ketelhuis cinema from 19:00 on July 14th. After the film, Alejandra Ortiz moderates a panel discussion with panelists Misha Adrian and Regijn Ducky.
Before the film starts there will be a singing performance by Agnes in the Café between 18:30 and 19:00.
Synopsis: Uýra: A Retomada da Floresta (2022) | 72 min + Panel discussion 25/30 min
Uýra, an indigenous, transgender person and artist, travels through the Amazon rainforest to get to know herself better. Uýra teaches indigenous youth to address structural racism and transphobia in Brazil through performance art and communication with ancestors.
Uýra – The Rising Forest is an artistic, magical film about urgent topics that brings humanity closer to nature. The film intriguingly portrays community building among indigenous transgender and non-binary people who connect with nature and understand what climate justice really stands for: fighting racism and transphobia, trying to save our ecosystem, and much more. The film won an Audience Award at Frameline, San Francisco's International LGBTQ+ Film Festival.
Panel discussion: From Manaus to Amsterdam; Why chosen families matter
During this conversation, we discuss the role chosen families play in the well-being and development of a trans and queer person. We will also delve into the interconnectedness of issues such as gender, politics, climate justice and who speaks for whom.
- Moderator: Alejandra Ortiz, writer (her book: “The Truth will set me Free”), grassroots activist, curator and jury member of Pride Photo 2024
- Panelist: Misha Adrian, trans activist from Lebanon living in Amsterdam.
- Panelist: Regijn Ducky, trans woman from Suriname
