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SD CINEMATOGRAFICA was formed in 1961 as a production company. Since its founding, the company has produced Films, Variety Programmes, and Science and Cultural documentaries for the Italian public broadcaster RAI and other leading international television companies. In recent years the company has focused on wildlife, Science and History documentaries with such success that it now counts National Geographic Channels, Discovery Channels, TF1, ARTE, NHK, TSR, ARD/BR, PBS and ZDF, as well as RAI and Mediaset, among its clients. Many SD documentaries have won major international prizes at the world’s leading festivals, including Academy Award, Emmy and Banff nominations. Today SD Cinematografica has over 800 hours of programming to its name. [abs]

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PRODUCTIONS: TRANSSEXUALS AND SURGERY

(Serie: Uncovering Brazil)

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Current Italy SRL

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In Brazil every twelve days a man becomes a woman. Following a decision of the Health Department, the national health system (SUS) takes charge of the costs borne by transsexuals in the process of rectifying their sex. In this way the Department explicitly intends to guarantee transsexuals’ right to health, as well as to eliminate those cases of violation of human rights and discrimination based on gender identity. But what comes next in the destiny of these people? Many of them end up as prostitutes; many other enter the drug or criminal scene. From the favelas to the up-town neighbourhoods of a sizzling Rio de Janeiro, while celebrating carnival, we will unveil all the secrets of Brazilian transsexuals, even the ones of those who choose to earn a salary in an honest way, struggling against clichés.

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