The first transgender in the brazilian army, Maria Luiza's story begins in Ceres (Goiás, Brazil), where she was born in July 20, 1960 - the same day we celebrate Santos Dummont's birthday, patron of the Brazilian Aviation. Since she was a child, she didn't consider herself as a boy. During puberty, she went through a vocal cord scraping process and a hormonal treatment to become manlier. Depressed, she dropped out of school. At 18 she enlisted in the Air Force, and being completely in love with airplanes, she saw an opportunity there. She was drafted into the military in 1979. It marked the beginning of 22 years of service as a military aircraft mechanic in Brasilia.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Maria Luiza da Silva
Crew: Marcelo Díaz (Director), Marcelo Díaz (Writer), Ricardo Reis (Sound Mixer), Fabio Carneiro Leão (Sound), Miriam Biderman (Sound Editor), Sascha Kratzer (Music)
Country: Brazil
Language: Português
Studio: Diazul de Cinema
Runtime: 80 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 07, 2019
IMDb: 10
