Johanne Gómez Terrero

Johanné Gómez Terrero was born with the sun in Capricorn on the outskirts of Santo Domingo. Her body of work explores maroonage and decoloniality from a Caribbean perspective. She is a graduate of the International Film and Television School in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, and holds a master’s degree from ESCAC in Barcelona. The documentary Caribbean Fantasy launched her career as a director, and Sugar Island, her feature-length fiction debut, had its world premiere at Giornate degli Autori in Venice. She has garnered numerous awards, including Best Director in Beijing and Lima, as well as Best Film at the Blackstar Film Festival. She is the artistic director of Miradas-AfroIndígenas, a documentary project development lab, where she weaves connections and fosters dialogue between knowledge systems of the Global South, bringing together stories from Abya Yala, the Canary Islands, and Africa.

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‍About Venus en dos actos

Two trans women writers are sailing across the Caribbean on a yacht, heading toward Colombia; Mikaelah is going to have breast augmentation surgery. Her friend Johan is accompanying her to take care of her during the postoperative period and her recovery. They abandon the conventions of transition to embrace gender maroonage.