Stanford Cinematheque: BIXA TRAVESTY

This week: The body as political provocation, as a tool of resistance. In Bixa Travesty, singer, artist, and self-described gender-terrorist Linn da Quebrada defies the structures of oppression that marginalize the outskirts of São Paulo. As a performer, her work challenges the institutions that uphold the gender binary, perpetuate poverty, and profit from racism. An unapologetic affront to the binaries between documentary and fiction, masculinity and femininity and public and private life, the film blurs the lines that typically divide these categories. An ode to derangement and to queer collaboration, winner of the Teddy Award at the 2018 Berlinale. 75', directed by Claudia Priscilla & Kiko Goifman.

As a graduate student-run film collective based in the Department of Art & Art History, Cinematheque advances a dynamic programming effort of film and video for the greater Stanford community. Cinematheque aims to serve as a generative hub of ongoing discovery for current students thinking about film and media across the University as well as a connective link between the University and the broader regional film culture. Please visit us in the 115 screening room on Sundays at 7!

VISITOR INFORMATION: Room 115 is located in the McMurtry Building on Stanford campus at 355 Roth Way. Visitor parking is available in designated areas and payment is managed through ParkMobile (free after 4pm, except by the Oval). Alternatively, take the Caltrain to Palo Alto Transit Center and hop on the free Stanford Marguerite Shuttle. If you need a disability-related accommodation or wheelchair access information, please contact Julianne Garcia at juggarci [at] stanford.edu (juggarci[at]stanford[dot]edu). This screening event is open to Stanford affiliates only.

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