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

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.

thoughtfulintimategroundedpoignantpersonalobservationalquietly determinedbittersweet

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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