Lolo Arziki (born February 5, 1992) is a

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an documentary filmmaker and

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rights activist.

Biography

Arziki was born on the island of Maio and moved to

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at the age of 13. They currently live between Portugal and Luxembourg. They graduated in film at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar and completed a Master's degree in aesthetics and artistic studies at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences at the

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. As a

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, their work explores themes such as sexuality, blackness and gender. Arziki also advocates for the legal prohibition of

homophobia Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitude (psychology), attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual. It has been defined as contempt, prejudice, aversion, h ...

in Cape Verde, where

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only ceased to be a crime in 2004. Arziki is

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Filmography

As director

* ''Homestay'' (2016) * ''Relatos de uma Rapariga Nada Púdica'' (2016) * ''Sakudi'' (2020)

Accolades

* ''Homestay'': ** 2017: ''Prémio Revelação Nacional'', Plateau International Film Festival -

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References

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