Reas

Reas is a hybrid musical documentary set in a prison in Buenos Aires. The film features a diverse group of incarcerated people, including cisgender and transgender individuals and those who have been imprisoned for varying lengths of time. Through singing, voguing, and dance, the participants recreate their personal histories and use imagination to envision possible futures. The story explores individual backgrounds, such as a person detained for drug trafficking and a trans man who started a rock band while imprisoned for fraud.

The film was written and directed by Lola Arias and produced by Gema Juárez Allen, Ingmar Trost, and Clarisa Oliveri. This production was a collaboration between companies from Germany, Argentina, and Switzerland, including Sutor Kolonko, Gema Films, and Mira Film. It has a runtime of 79 minutes and was released on June 27, 2024.