Beat Is Protest: Funk from a Female Perspective

Beat Is Protest: Funk from a Female Perspective

23 mins | Documentary, Music | Jan. 1, 2018

Who are the chicks that make up the funk movement, and where are they? Funk has always been a form of protest, just as being a woman is. BEAT IS PROTEST: FUNK FROM A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE depicts the last decade underground scene of the funk women protesters in São Paulo. The testimonies come from transgender and cisgender women who navigate this universe in different roles, such as singers, DJs, beat-makers, producers, entrepreneurs, rappers, and dancers, and also from drag queens.

Beat Is Protest: Funk from a Female Perspective

23 mins | Documentary, Music | Jan. 1, 2018

Beat Is Protest: Funk from a Female Perspective
Who are the chicks that make up the funk movement, and where are they? Funk has always been a form of protest, just as being a woman is. BEAT IS PROTEST: FUNK FROM A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE depicts the last decade underground scene of the funk women protesters in São Paulo. The testimonies come from transgender and cisgender women who navigate this universe in different roles, such as singers, DJs, beat-makers, producers, entrepreneurs, rappers, and dancers, and also from drag queens.
Producers Ira Filmes
Original title Beat é Protesto: O Funk Pela Ótica Feminina
Directors Mayara Efe
Writers