CARLOS CAPS DRAG RACE

Direction
Mihai Andrei Leaha
Year of publication
2022
Duration
25'
Synopsis

Three Brazilian drag queens prepare for a Drag Race in São Paulo. While getting ready for
the show, Satine, Di Vina Kaskaria and Gabeeh Brasil share about how experiences and struggles
lived in the process of elaborating their drags turned them into multi-artists. During the
contest, this transformation is revealed and staged, and mixes with the Caps Lock party, in the vibrant scene
independent electronic music in São Paulo.

A project by: Mihai Andrei Leaha in collaboration with Leonardo Terra Cravo and Paula Bessa Braz
Featuring: Satine, Di Vina Kaskaria and Gabeeh Brasil
Editing: Leonardo Terra Cravo
Images: Mihai Andrei Leaha, Leonardo Terra Cravo
Country: Brazil
Direct sound: Paula Bessa Braz
Post-production sound: Ewelter Rocha
Language: Portuguese
Production: Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology / LISA-USP and Lavanderia Docs
Support: FAPESP

1st place in the category Ethnographic Film - Mid-Length at the 2022 Pierre Verger Awards, organized by ABA (Brazil, 2022).