The four-part Portugal-Brazil co-production, directed by Vieira and Rodrigo Rebouças, marks Volf Entertainment’s first true-crime series
\n\nPrime Video and Portuguese public broadcaster RTP have acquired rights in Portugal to “Gisberta – Life and Death of a Trans Woman,” a four-part true-crime docuseries from Leonel Vieira, the director-producer behind box office hit “O Pátio das Cantigas” and HBO Max thriller “O Grito.”
\n\nThe four 45-minute episodes are in post-production at Lisbon-based Volf Entertainment, which is producing with Brazil’s Ultravioleta. Prime Video has SVOD rights in Portugal; RTP holds free-to-air and AVOD rights.
\n\nBrazilian filmmaker Rodrigo Rebouças (“Meninos ao Mar”) created the project and co-directs with Vieira, who also serves as showrunner.
\n\n“Gisberta” revisits the 2006 murder of Gisberta Salce Júnior, a Brazilian transgender woman killed in Porto after being tortured by 14 minors from the Catholic-run Oficina de São José. The teenagers were acquitted of homicide, although some received lesser penalties or educational measures. The case sparked outrage in Portugal and Brazil.
\n\nDrawing on archive footage, court records, Gisberta’s letters, interviews and dramatized reconstructions, the series traces her life from Brazil to Europe, the killing and its judicial aftermath. It also examines allegations of sexual abuse and mistreatment of children at…
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