Staff Picks
Reluctantly Queer
Akosua Adoma Owusu
2016
8 Minutes
Staff Picks
Date
June 1–30, 2022
This epistolary short film invites us into the unsettling life of a young Ghanaian man struggling to reconcile his love for his mother with his love for 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 uncertainty, Reluctantly Queer both disrobes and questions what it means to be queer for this man in this time and space.
Reluctantly Queer (2016, 8 minutes) is presented on e-flux Video & Film alongside Pelourinho: They Don’t Really Care About Us (2019, 9 minutes) as the June 2022 edition of Staff Picks, featuring filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu.
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