Reluctantly Queer
Kwame Edwin Otu
Reluctantly Queer by Akosua Adoma Owusu
GHA/USA 2016, Berlinale Shorts
Akosua Adoma Owusu
Reluctantly Queer by Akosua Adoma Owusu
GHA/USA 2016, Berlinale Shorts
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This epistolary film invites us into the unsettling life of a young Ghanaian man struggling to reconcile his love for his mother with his love for the same-sex desire amid the increased tensions incited by same-sex politics in Ghana. Focused on a letter that is ultimately filled with hesitation and uncertainity, Reluctantly Queer both disrobes and questions what it means to be queer for this time in this space.
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Akosua Adoma Owusu, Aaron Alexis Biscombe
The director with the editor who also was in charge of the music.
Reluctantly Queer · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 16, 2016
Group Picture of the directors and Maike Mia Höhne
Pimpaka Towira (Nimit Luang), Joanna Rytel (Moms On Fire), Réka Bucsi (LOVE), Akosua Adoma Owusu (Reluctantly Queer), Christine Rebet (In the Soldier's Head), Leonor Teles (Balada de um Batráquio), Caroline Poggi (Notre Héritage)
Reluctantly Queer · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 17, 2016
Reluctantly Queer
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