Kenya

  • Queerguru @ BFI Flare :  I AM SAMUEL

    Queerguru @ BFI Flare : I AM SAMUEL

      Religion, homophobia, and a lack of resources loom over a touching account of one man reconciling his love for another man with the expectations of his family. The brave participants of this documentary avoid melodrama, histrionics and self pity. It’s a show and tell story that gives its subjects the decency of realism.  Living…

  • Sidney and Friends : the lives of a group of intersex and trans youth in Kenya

    Sidney and Friends : the lives of a group of intersex and trans youth in Kenya

      Nearly every documentary that depicts someone’s transitioning journey is tough to sit and watch.  Mainly because as they struggle with gender dysphoria they are made outcasts by their families,  and facing poverty and unable to be employed become sex workers which puts their whole lives at risk. Very few are able to take this…