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26:16Now PlayingDespite recent legal protections, South Africa’s LGBTQ communities still face a gap between progressive legislation and their lived realities.
In this film, a group of black lesbian women reflect on what has — and hasn't — changed in their lives in South Africa in the past ten years. They discuss the persistence of violence, discrimination, and the fragile guarantee of safety and acceptance over a decade that, on paper, promised big gains for LGBTQ rights.
The groundwork for this film was laid back in 2012, when photographer Julia Gunther attended the Miss Lesbian beauty pageant in the Khayelitsha township of Cape Town, South Africa. Gunther made a series of portraits for her independent documentary project, Rainbow Girls.
Ten years later, Gunther reconnected with filmmaker and former Miss Lesbian contestant Velisa ‘Vee’ Jara. Together, they decided to organize a photographic reunion.
Over the course of two days, they invited nine women featured in Gunther’s original series to the Castle of Good Hope. This time, Gunther not only made new portraits but also filmed the women’s conversations with Jara.
Gunther wondered if, by placing the portraits from 2012 and 2022 side by side, one could see the impact of a decade of advocacy and struggle.
As South African PRIDE month unfolds this October, Gunther hopes that this film will add to the ongoing fight for full LGBTQ equality.
• Read "Rainbow Girls10 Years of Protection and Prejudice" here
FEATURING
Vee, Siya, Nozuko, Tsidi, Sino, Hlomela, Siphumeze, Terra, Belinda
CREDITS
Director/Cinematographer: Julia Gunther, Velisa "Vee" Jara
Producer: Julia Gunther, Nick Schönfeld
Editor: Benjamin Putland
Colorist: Katharina Diessner, Christian Kuss at Moonrocketfilms
Sound design: Nick Schönfeld
Audio post-production: Earforce, The Netherlands
Translation & Subtitles: Chuma-Sande Bentele, Sibongile Labase
All stills images by Julia Gunther
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