#tchinda andrade

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TCHINDAS (2015) dir. Pablo García Pérez de Lara & Marc Serena Tchinda is one of most beloved women in Cape Verde, especially after she came out as transgender in the local newspaper in 1998. Since then, her name has become the term used by locals to name queer Cape Verdeans. Despite her great reputation, Tchinda remains humble and every afternoon she happily tours the neighborhood to sell her best "coxinhas", a classic treat coming all the way from Brazil, delicious fried balls of chicken. But every February everything changes; it's the month leading up to Carnaval, when the slow-paced atmosphere of the island transforms into a frenzied hustle and bustle as thousands flock to the streets. The days before the festivities are hectic, and the locals join forces to create something beautiful out of nothing. (link in title)

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LGBTQ and Cape Verdean: Tchinda Andrade, Amber Rose, Lolo Arziki, Kali Reis and Morénike Giwa Onaiwu

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Cameroon: Small audience for an important LGBT film

Cameroon: Small audience for an important LGBT film

Carnival scene in the film “Tchindas”

  By Erin Royal Brokovitch

The film “Tchindas” was shown on July 22 in Douala, Cameroon, as part of the Écrans noirs (“Black Screens”) film festival. It’s an important, heart-warming film about acceptance of the LGBTQ community on an African island, but few members of Douala’s LGBTQ community turned out to see it.

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Film Review: The Portraits of Cape Verde's Trans Queen and Carnival Culture in "Tchindas"

Film Review: The Portraits of Cape Verde’s Trans Queen and Carnival Culture in “Tchindas”

Glitter, feathers and bright-coloured wigs. On a small Cape Verdean island, Tchinda helps her community prepare for Carnival. Directed by Marc Serena and Pablo García Perez de Lara, this 2016 feature length documentary is both a portrait of the eclectic Tchinda Andrade—one of the island’s first and most beloved transgender women— as well as a musical snapshot of life on the island. Still from…

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Tchindas Andrade es la transexual que ha dado nombre a todos los trans de Sao Vicente, una islita de Cabo Verde. Ésta es su vida, su Tchindas

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Cameroonians will see upbeat African trans film

Cameroonians will see upbeat African trans film

The film “Tchindas” focuses on preparations for carnival by a trans community in Cape Verde off the coast of West Africa. (Photo courtesy of Outfest)

The award-winning documentary “Tchindas,” featuring Cape Verde’s community of trans women, will premiere this Monday in Cameroon — its first time in a major African film festival.

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On African island, 'Tchindas' goes beyond LGBTI acceptance

On African island, ‘Tchindas’ goes beyond LGBTI acceptance

Harry Vaughn (left), Outfest senior programmer, poses for photographers with Marc Serena, co-director of “Tchindas,” before the the film’s premiere at Outfest on July 15. (Colin Stewart photo)

  When I saw the premiere of “Tchindas” earlier this month, I expected to see a documentary about LGBTI people who were accepted by their neighbors in a tolerant community of the Cape Verde islands, off the…