In a letter to his mother, a young Ghanaian immigrant writes frankly about his love for her, but in more guarded terms about his love for men. His attempt to explain why he left for America largely expresses doubt and uncertainty. Hushed monologue in black-and-white.
Also see Pelourinho, They Don't Really Care About Us.
The other films shown within Let Love Rule
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My Josephine
Barry Jenkins IFFR 2017 9′Two Arab immigrants work in a launderette where, just after 9/11, American flags are washed free of charge. While they fold flags meticulously, true love unfolds.
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Chlorophyl
Barry Jenkins IFFR 2017 17′Young woman wrestles with her identity and failed relationship, reflected in the city of Miami. A cinematographic exploration of change as a natural process, the way chlorophyll makes photosynthesis possible in leaves.
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Tall Enough
Barry Jenkins IFFR 2017 7′An interracial love story, made for Bloomingdale's department store, but there’s not a product in sight. A visual and introspective study of love in Jenkins' typical cinematographic style.
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Bayard & Me
Matt Wolf IFFR 2017 16′Intimate portrait of black homosexual civil rights activist and Freedom March organiser Bayard Rustin. His partner Walter Naegle describes how they rebelliously managed to make their relationship legal after all.
- Filmmaker
- Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Country
- Ghana, USA
- Year
- 2016
- Medium
- DCP
- Length
- 8’
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Production Company
- Obibini Pictures
- Sales
- Obibini Pictures
- Writer
- Kwame Edwin Otu
- Cinematography
- Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Editor
- Aaron Alexis Biscombe, Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Production Design
- Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Sound Design
- Kari Rae Seekins
- Cast
- Kwame Edwin Otu
- Website
- http://obibinipictures.com
