Soul of the Desert (2024)
- Original title
- Alma del Desierto
- Directed by
- Monica Taboada Tapia
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Colombia, Brazil
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A transgender Wayuu woman in Colombia faces a difficult bureaucratic process to change her identity card. The documentary follows her daily challenges and persistence as she seeks official recognition of her gender.
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What happens
Soul of the Desert (Spanish: Alma del desierto) is a 2024 documentary film directed by Mónica Taboada-Tapia. The film centres on Georgina Epiayu, a transgender Wayuu woman who is struggling to navigate Colombian bureaucracy to acquire a new identity card that reflects her gender. It is an expansion of an earlier short documentary film, Two-Spirit, which was nominated for the International Documentary Association and distributed online by The New Yorker. The film premiered in the Giornate degli Autori program at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it was named the winner of the Queer Lion. Additionally, it was nominated for the 2025 ICS Awards by the International Cinephile Society. The film was commercially released on May 1, 2025, in Colombian theaters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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