“Chilean-born performer and writer Iván Monalisa fully embraces his dual selves: scrappy, masculine Iván as well as diva, transvestite sex-worker Monalisa. A reunion with filmmaker Nicole Costa, Iván’s former college classmate, provides the opportunity for a journey through this undocumented transgender immigrant’s daily life of sex, drugs and poetry—as well as a quest for US legalization. Pragmatic and humorous, Iván Monalisa navigates the gritty underbelly of New York City with charisma and charm. “ —DOC NYC
THE JOURNEY OF MONALISA / EL VIAJE DE MONALISA
A film by Nicole Costa
(USA/Chile, 2019, 93 min. In Spanish and English with English subtitles)
Now streaming on OVID.tv
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