This is Ballroom

Juru, Vitã

2024

Documentary

18.4.2026 3:45 PM

19.4.2026 12:00 PM

FILM INFO

Recommend age: 18+

In Rio de Janeiro City and its outskirts, LGBTQ+ youth of color recreates Ballroom culture on their own terms. A portrait of the dramas, the voguing performances, and the art of shade, 50 years after its inception in New York. Rio is burning!

Original title

Salão de Baile

Country

Brazil

Year

2024

Duration

92’

Color / Black&White

Color

Form

Documentary, Fiction

DIRECTOR

Juru

Juru is a researcher, dramaturgist and performing arts critic. Dramaturgist in the performance "Repertory n. 1", by Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira. Master in Contemporary Arts Studies at UFF and PhD student in Arts at UERJ.

Filmography

This is Ballroom (2024)

DIRECTOR

Vitã

Vitã is a filmmaker and screenwriter. Curator of Brazilian Comedy FF and of showcases on Hong Sangsoo films in four cities in Brazil. Master's degree in Audiovisual at UFF (Brazil). In the ballroom scene, they participate as an independent photographer and are a member of the Legendary House of Lauren Intl.