Queer Film Club: Tchindas

Join us for a screening of Tchindas at LUX!

About the film: Tchindas

Calm reigns in Sâo Vicente, a small Cape Verdean island (off the West Coast of Africa) where most of the people have never moved away. In Mindelo we meet Tchinda, one of their most beloved women, especially after coming out as a transgender person in the local newspaper in 1998. Since then, her name has become the way local people call queer Cape Verdeans. Tchinda sells “coxinhas” by day and in the evening is responsible for security at her bar as music and grog, the famous local rum permeates every corner of the island. In February the island evolves as thousands of people pack into the streets for Carnival.

Note: The cost of the ticket covers the hiring of the film.

About Queer Film Club

Queer Film Club hold bi-monthly screenings at the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre and other queer venues.

After each screening, there will be a community chat to share and unpack our thoughts about the film.

Filmmakers will sometimes join this discussion, while other events will be attendee-only chats.

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