NOTE: This weekend you will be able to virtually watch the Chilean films Perro Bomba and 7 Weeks from Friday November 5 to Sunday November 7. If you miss them, you have gotten your second chance.

 

Alice Junior 


Gil Baroni, Brazil, 2019  87 minutes
Rating: NR (Front nudity)

 

Virtual screening:
Watch this film between 10/30/2021 and 11/05/2021.
Link: https://pragda.com/sfc-event/university-of-louisville
User: SFC@UniversityofLouisville
Password:mnHInza$VfsmT3xHq4BfJ&kb

Post-screening discussion led by Ricardo Porto, Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul/U of Louisville
on Friday, November 5 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom.


More information on the film:https://pragda.com/film/alice-junior/
Synopsis:Alice Júnior is a carefree, spoiled trans YouTuber with everything she could ask for: an apartment in a cool beach town, a loving dad, her own advice vlog, an almost-win on Teen Top Model, and a cat named Rhinoceros. So, when her father announces their move from the vibrant Brazilian city of Recife to a small, conservative town in the south and to an old-fashioned catholic school, Alice has to prepare herself for the prudery and small-mindedness she will confront there. The teenager, however, doesn’t let the initial hostility get her down. Alice releases her truest survival instinct to make her new schoolmates and teachers rethink their conservative ways, and catch her long-overdue first kiss: by being loud and unapologetically herself.

With fast-moving cuts set to pop samples and sound effects, a hint of glitz, and a bagful of emojis, this coming of age gem is a breath of fresh air; a reminder that even amidst heavy socio-political turmoil stories of trans-Brazilians radiate life, joy, and infinite possibility.

Alice Júnior is a celebration of rebellious youth and offers the potential for future generations to rethink outdated perspectives of gender, sexuality, and differences as a whole.

Sinopsis: Alice Júnior es una YouTuber trans despreocupada y mimada con todo lo que podría pedir: un apartamento en una ciudad de la costa, un padre cariñoso, su propio vlog de consejos, una casi ganadora en Teen Top Model y un gato llamado Rhinoceros. Entonces, cuando su padre anuncia su mudanza de la vibrante ciudad brasileña de Recife a una pequeña y conservadora ciudad en el sur y a una escuela católica anticuada, Alice tiene que prepararse para la mojigatería y la mezquindad que enfrentará allí. La adolescente, sin embargo, no deja que la hostilidad inicial la desanime. Alice libera su verdadero instinto de supervivencia para hacer que sus nuevos compañeros de escuela y maestros reconsideren sus costumbres conservadoras y capten su primer beso, que tanto tiempo se esperaba: siendo ruidosa y sin disculpas. Con cortes de movimiento rápido configurados para muestras pop y efectos de sonido, un toque de brillo y una bolsa llena de emojis, esta joya de la mayoría de edad es un soplo de aire fresco; un recordatorio de que incluso en medio de una gran agitación sociopolítica, las historias de transbrasileños irradian vida, alegría e infinitas posibilidades. Alice Júnior es una celebración de la juventud rebelde y ofrece el potencial para que las generaciones futuras reconsideren perspectivas obsoletas de género, sexualidad y diferencias en su conjunto.
Presented in collaboration with the LGBT Program as part of Pride Week, and
as part of The Spanish Film Club series with the support Pragda, and the Embassy of Spain in Washington DC, Spain-USA Foundation. Special thanks to the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.Thanks to the support of the Film Committee, Student Activity Board, University of Louisville