The first transgender in the brazilian army, Maria Luiza's story begins in Ceres (Goiás, Brazil), where she was born in July 20, 1960 - the same day we celebrate Santos Dummont's birthday, patron of the Brazilian Aviation. Since she was a child, she didn't consider herself as a boy. During puberty, she went through a vocal cord scraping process and a hormonal treatment to become manlier. Depressed, she dropped out of school. At 18 she enlisted in the Air Force, and being completely in love with airplanes, she saw an opportunity there. She was drafted into the military in 1979. It marked the beginning of 22 years of service as a military aircraft mechanic in Brasilia.
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| Directing | Marcelo Díaz | Director |
| Writing | Marcelo Díaz | Writer |
| Production | Marcelo Díaz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Daniela Marinho | Production Director |
| Production | Ana Paula Rabelo | Production Director |
| Camera | André Carvalheira | Director of Photography |
| Camera | André Carvalheira | Camera Operator |
| Art | Marcia Roth | Art Direction |
| Camera | Lucas Pio Felix | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Joanna Ramos | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Dani Azul | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Hudson Vasconcelos | Sound |
| Sound | Francisco Craesmeyer | Sound |
| Sound | Anderson Rosatto | Sound |
| Sound | Marcos Manna | Sound |
| Sound | Fabio Carneiro Leão | Sound |
| Sound | JP Fonseca | Sound |
| Sound | Sascha Kratzer | Music |
| Sound | Rafael Maklon | Music |
| Sound | Ricardo Reis | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ricardo Reis | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Miriam Biderman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Miriam Biderman | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Cristiano Luiz Panerari | Additional Music |
| Editing | Sérgio Azevedo | Editor |
