CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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MOVIE2019 1h 19m BRA

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Poor, black, LGBT+ people living without institutional support in the outskirts of big cities. A film about the power of collectivity and activism transforming people and realities, marked by the barriers imposed by HIV. A trans woman, two gays, a housewife, a religious woman and a youtuber, all HIV-positive, in their daily lives.

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