Featuring
Isabelle Solas · 2021 · 1h40m
An intimate portrait of a community of trans women in Argentina who face violence and discrimination at all levels yet continue to thrive through love, organizing and care.
Tuesday, Feb. 13, 6:30pm
Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields
In an Argentina divided between a deep conservatism and an unprecedented momentum in feminism, the film delves into the political journey and intimate lives of Claudia and Violeta. The fight they lead with their comrades against patriarchal violence is visceral and embodied. Convinced of their role at the center of an ongoing revolution that intersects with so many struggles, and in defiance of the old world, they dedicate their energy to invent a new present, to love and stay alive.
We are so fortunate to have Anaïs Zeledon Montenegro, a community worker at ASTTeQ (Action santé travesti(e)s et transsexuel(le)s du Québec), in attendance with us to provide a discussion of how this film relates to our local context here in Montreal and to field questions and answers from the audience after the screening.
