Resembling an all-male late-20th-century version of the Ziegfeld Follies, the cabaret group Dzi Croquettes used an empowering sexuality to counter Brazil’s military dictatorship. “Dzi Croquettes — the ...

Directed by Tatiana Issa and Raphael Alvarez, the doc pays tribute to a cross-dressing group of performers in Brazil who may have modeled themselves on the Cockettes. By Stephen Farber Dzi Croquettes ...

The new documentary “Dzi Croquettes” brings to mind San Francisco’s legendary gender-bending Cockettes, a collection of drag performers who made no effort to hide their more masculine attributes. But ...

Realized by TMX Produções this captivating production reconstructs the lively story of the Dzi Croquettes, a collective founded in 1972 by Wagner Ribeiro and Lennie Dale (1934-1994). Known for their ...

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The Dzi Croquettes - A Brazilian theater group that through talent, irony and humor confronted the Brazilian government and its violent dictatorship. They were banned and censored by the military ...

Brazilian film “Dzi Croquettes” by Raphael Alvarez and Tatiana Issa won Frameline34’s “Outstanding Documentary Award,” while the fest’s “Outstanding First Feature Award” went to Javier Fuentes-León’s ...

There’s a wonderful moment in the documentary DZI Croquettes in which footage of half-nude androgynous men dancing up a storm onstage—faces slathered in makeup—is superimposed over grim-faced soldiers ...

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À une époque lourde de censure et de répression, celle de la Dictature militaire au Brésil (1964-1978), les DZI CROQUETTES, une troupe de théâtre pas comme les autres, révolutionne radicalement le ...