Madame Sata (2003)

Set mostly in the late 1920s and early 1930s, this is the true story of a flamboyant transvestite cabaret performer, street fighter, cook, prostitute, killer and outlaw, Joao Francisco dos Santos (Ramos), AKA Madame Sata, who became one of the most famous personalities in the colorful but seedy Lapa district of Rio de Janeiro, eventually spending 28 of the 33 years between 1932 and 1965 in prison. The Lapa quarter was the home of many African-Brazilians (like dos Santos) who were descended from slaves freed in 1888. More »

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