Reluctantly Queer

Reluctantly Queer
Directed byAkosua Adoma Owusu
Written byKwame Edwin Otu
StarringKwame Edwin Otu
CinematographyAkosua Adoma Owusu
Edited byAkosua Adoma Owusu
Aaron Alexis Biscombe
Music byFalcone
Production
company
Obibini Pictures LLC
Release date
  • 2016 (2016)
Running time
8 minutes
CountriesGhana
United States

Reluctantly Queer is a short film directed by Akosua Adoma Owusu.[1] The eight-minute epistolary film tells the story of a young Ghanaian man who struggles to reconcile his love for his mother with his same-sex desires. The film explores the complexity that many queer individuals face in owning and claiming their sexuality amidst relationships that do not conform with their sexual identity. The film was written by and stars Kwame Edwin Otu.[2] and it was released in 2016 with funding support from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

  1. ^ Sheldon, Kathleen (2011-12-08), "Akosua, Adoma", African American Studies Center, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-530173-1, retrieved 2024-10-03
  2. ^ Owusu, Akosua Adoma (2016-03-05), Reluctantly Queer (Short), Kwame Edwin Otu, Obibini Pictures, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies, retrieved 2024-10-03