OUT IN AFRICA
USA 1994

Director: Johnny Symons
Short film, 17 min
English spoken
no subtitles
As they seek about coming out , activism, and racial dynamics, five men paint a portrait of gay life in Zimbabwe and south Africa. OUT IN AFRICA was the first widely publicized film ever produced on African gay people and culture.
Best Documentary at Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
Johnny Symons is a San Francisco-based documentarian specializing in films on LGBT life. DADDY & PAPA (2002), about gay men raising children, screened at Sundance and won 15 international festival awards. ASK NOT (2008), about gay life in the US military, screened on television internationally and for the US Congress.
This film will be screened with
OUGANDA AU NOM DE DIEU