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U People

A large group of black lesbians gather in a house in Brooklyn to make a music video.

An 'accidental' documentary about the cast and crew on location at a music video shoot in Brooklyn. All the participants are women or trans people of colour and are mainly lesbian identified. While the group wait for their scenes, get their hair done and sit on the stoop, conversations are captured on camera about what it is to be a woman of colour, what happens when you are read as a black male and what it means to face multiple oppressions. The film also clearly conveys the instant warmth that springs up between these women through their shared identities and the party atmosphere created by the video shoot emphasises the work's celebratory feel.
Nazmia Jamal

Directed by:Hanifah Walidah, Olive Demetrius
Country:USA
Year:2008
Running time:76min
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Kuchu Story

Candid interviews with British born lesbians of African and West Indian descent and those who have come to Britain in order to be out.

Directed by:Rachel Wamoto
Country:UK
Year:2008
Running time:20min
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