BORN THIS WAY

This documentary portraits the underground gay and lesbian community in Cameroon. The tolerance Lady Gaga sings about in her hit song ‘Born This Way’ is just a dream for them: homosexual relations are subject to punishment of up to five years in prison, and it is almost impossible to come out to your own family. The film follows, among others, Cédric and Gertrude, two young Cameroonians, as they move between a secret, supportive LGBT community and an outside culture that, though intensely homophobic, is in transition toward greater acceptance. After ‘Call me Kuchu’, which documented the situation for homosexuals in Uganda ‘Born This Way’.