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Tchindas

Season 8 Episode 3

Meet Tchinda Andrade, a transgender woman so beloved by her community that her name has become synonymous with LBGT people in São Vicente, Cape Verde. Pablo García Pérez de Lara and Marc Serena's documentary follows Tchinda -- out and proud since 1998 -- as she and her friends prepare for a Carnival they hope will capture the town's imagination.

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