Reluctantly Queer
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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Runtime
8 min -
Country
Ghana, United States -
Year of Presentation
2016 -
Year of Production
2016 -
Director
Akosua Adoma Owusu -
Cast
Kwame Edwin Otu -
Production Company
Obibini Pictures, LLC -
Berlinale Section
Shorts -
Berlinale Category
Short Film
Biography Akosua Adoma Owusu
Born in Alexandria, USA in 1984, she studied art and media at the University of Virginia followed by film and art at the California Institute of
the Arts. Her films have won many awards at international festivals. “Indiewire” recently named her amongst the six pre-eminent avant- garde filmmakers redefining cinema. She is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talents and lives and works in the USA and Ghana.
Filmography Akosua Adoma Owusu
2005 Ajube Kete | 2006 Tea 4 Two | 2007 Intermittent Delight | 2008 Boyant: A Michael Jordan in a Speedo is Far Beyond the Horizon | 2008 Revealing Roots | 2009 Me Broni Ba | 2010 Drexciya | 2012 Split Ends | 2013 Kwaku Ananse | 2014 Bus Nut