Country: Mexico
Year: 2022
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Runtime: 88 mins.
They had barely advanced a few meters when Kenya, a trans woman sex worker, ran to the car in response to Paola's cries for help. Upon arrival, three firearm detonations announced her friend’s agony, who lost her life next to her attacker. Such a scene was recorded on Kenya's cell phone. After this event, Kenya begins a fight that leads her to travel through the darkest corners of the loneliness, abandonment and violence that trans women experience, giving herself the task of assisting her companions in death; establishing a farewell ritual amid songs, alcohol and prayers. In an effort to find answers to the abandonment that Paola suffered in death, Kenya makes the decision to travel to the country’s south in search of her friend's family without imagining that this trip will lead her to meet the fear and pain of seeing herself reflected in that tragic ending.
DIRECTOR
Gisela Delgadillo
Photographer and audiovisual director with experience in documentary and journalistic research. She has worked as an audiovisual director in independent media, civil organizations and educational institutes. In November 2022 she premiered her first documentary feature, Kenya, at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best First Feature.
Director:
Gisela Delgadillo
Cast
Kenya Cuevas
Cinematography:
Gisela Delgadillo, Juan Nasra, Sergio Silva
Production:
Gisela Delgadillo
Screenplay:
Gisela Delgadillo
Editing:
Leandro Motta
Music:
Josue Vergara, Juan Pablo Villa
contacto: renato.manganello@gmail.com
Screenings
León
23.7.2023
20:00 (Horario CST)
Auditorio Mateo Herrera 
San Miguel de Allende
25.7.2023
18:00 (Horario CST)
Cinemex Luciérnaga | Sala 8
Irapuato
29.7.2023
18:00 (Horario CST)
Cinemex Jacarandas | Sala 10