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20165 minPGdoc-short

Gender Equality

Venus

20165 minPGdoc-short

Five minutes capture Venus Dimilo's drag performance, where she expresses her identity and overcomes prejudice onstage.

Gender Equality

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Faye Carr-Wilson

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Five minutes capture Venus Dimilo's drag performance, where she expresses her identity and overcomes prejudice onstage.

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Faye Carr-Wilsondirector

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Venus Dimilo performs onstage, using drag as a means of self-expression. In her five-minute performance, she breaks free from traditional gender norms. Dimilo shares her personal experiences with prejudice, which fade away in the liberating space of her art. The documentary captures her transformation and the joy she finds in being herself while entertaining an audience. Through her performance, Dimilo challenges societal expectations and embraces her identity.

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