“Shows that in the midst of all this terror. . . there exists an irrepressible, often revolutionary community and love.”

-Andrew Belonsky, Out Magazine

 

“. . . lifts documentary into art. There are few documentaries which draw you in so deeply.”

-Jill Robinson, Huffington Post

 

"For its elegant camera work, sound design, and narrative structure, its quietly beautiful depiction of the textures of its subjects' daily lives, and its achievement in articulating contradictions while maintaining a sense of hope..."

-Outfest Grand Jury Award Citation

 

“A fascinating, fearless documentary. . .”

-Ryan Lattanzio, Indie Wire

 

“Well-researched and elegantly filmed.”

-David Lamble, Bay Area Reporter

 

“Filmmaking at its most poignant and its most perilous. The filmmakers placed themselves on the frontlines with the foot soldiers who are fighting for a cause they truly believe in.”

-Gary Carnivele, GaySonoma.com

 

ARTICLES 

People  - Inside the Struggle for LGBT Rights in Cameroon

  

Huffington Post - If It's Hard to Picture Anti-Gay Witchunts, Watch This Movia About Cameroon

 

The Advocate - Cameroon's 'Gay Problem'

 

BBC Talking Movies - Documentaries Look at Life for Gay Africans



Variety  - Filmmakers Turn to Africa's Nascent LGBT Movements

 

Huffington Post  - 'Born This Way' in Berlin

 

Out Magazine - 'Born This Way' Explores Gay Life in Cameroon 

 

Huffington Post - Shaun Kadlec and Deb Tullmann on Getting to Know the LGBT Ungerground in Cameroon

 

​LA Weekly ​- Shaun Kadlec Talks About Gay Underground in Cameroon and Filming 'Born This Way'​​​​​

 

Religious Dispatches - LGBT in Africa: Persecution and Persistence

 

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