Vera
Director: Sérgio Toledo
1986 / 87min / DCP
A pioneering work of transmasc cinema inspired by the life of Brazilian poet Anderson Bigode Herzer starring Ana Beatriz Nogueira as Bauer, a trans man who struggles to overcome a painful early life via the embrace of art and the love of a sympathetic young librarian (Aida Leiner).
“When Caden Mark Gardner and I co-curated Vera as part of the original Masc series in 2022, Caden did some amazing research on the film. Together we determined that it is one of the earliest (and also one of the best) portrayals in world cinema of a transmasculine character. And the film’s protagonist, Bauer (the film’s title is his dead name), shines through as an incredible transmasc hero. As he confidently proclaims to the powers that be, ‘I’m not what everyone thinks I am. You hear me? I’m different. I’m something else. Something else.’” —Series curator Jenni Olson, queer film historian and archivist
Distributor: Nexus Cinema
Introduction by Jenni Olson on Sunday, October 25th
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