This documentary, written and directed by Santiago Posada, relates to the life and work of trans woman Brigitte Baptiste.

A visually stunning film, its introduction featuring jellyfish and mushrooms among other specimens alternates with a conversation that addresses the dual concept of nature: as a natural environment and/or as a genuine attitude. Is simulation natural? Acting is, simulating or pretending? Not natural, not genuine?

Acquainted with Brigitte Baptiste, a Colombian scientist and expert on biodiversity who is herself the living embodiment of biodiversity, the documentary shows how her work has been a clear example of changing the course of conventional knowledge, although the interest in naming things customary prevails. Brigitte remarks that sexual diversity questions what is male and female, and this provides concern because it makes us reflect on ourselves.

Brigitte states homosexuality is natural; what is unnatural is to wear clothes, eat with a spoon, have a culture… Queer, as the term we use now, originated in 1990 and came from the discussion about the impossibility of a single identity model in the context of sexual diversity and the gender expression of human beings.

Queer ecology is the opportunity to rethink the relationship between people and other species from a different perspective, the best tool to understand diversity. Queer theory from literature suggests that sexual and gender identities are shaped by the interaction of characters with a shared story, Brigitte says all living beings are actors and actresses of a story of the great narrative of life, sharing DNA as a common language.

Brigitte identifies herself as a Wax Palm Tree, there is scientific evidence that in the Andean forest are transsexual palms. She has found that plants and animals are choosing for sex change strategies to respond to environmental pressures. She also states there a relationship between the construction of sexual and gender identity among human beings and biodiversity, remarking that nature has always shown its ability to diversity

Gender identity is a cultural construction that plays with biological, historical and genetic elements allowing us to look at the meaning of being male or female with adaptive purposes.  From her point of view, queerness is a fascinating quality of gender identity and ecological eroticism the place where queer ecology flourishes.

The second half of the film takes us to Brigitte´s more intimate reflections and into her immediate family.  Adriana and Luis Guillermo based their relationship on transparency, each one chose personal qualities rather than gender to seduce each other. This allowed them to procreate two daughters, Candelaria and Juana Pasion, conforming a diverse family with an unusual structure, where each one builds its own identity.

We learn in Colombia there is a decree that allows a gender change at a Public Register with a simple notary procedure.  We also learn from Luis Guillermo´s transition and the birth of Brigitte at a critical moment when she was 35, how it was an expression of freedom. 

Brigitte says diversity has to be understood with a sense of humor, and later in the film she highlights Ayahuasca which allows the experience of becoming something else, accepting the continuous transformation of what we are, and turning queerness into a space for creativity. In the meantime, camera flies over mountains and rain forests of green Colombia, providing breathtaking views.

Images, archival material and digital animations intertwined to provide an intimate and a public depiction of a complex person that is also a reference in the biodiversity field.  Her thoughts  on life, family and actuality bring hope for the present and future of the planet we inhabit.