25 minutes that'll wreck your assumptions about queer life in post-apartheid South Africa.
Being Gay or Lesbian is not necessarily something you can naturally control or decide to choose. It most likely comes from a very young age or at birth. In this short film, we share stories and real life experiences with people from South Africa who are gay and not afraid to admit their sexuality.
Direction
Maza lets subjects breathe; no sensationalism, just lived truth.
Production
Micro-budget intimacy that big docs pay millions to fake.
Director
Derick Maza
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
South Africa's 2006 same-sex marriage legalization made it Africa's first, yet violent 'corrective rape' of lesbian women remains epidemic.
The 'T' in the title references both 'society' and township slang for truth-telling—Maza's wordplay operates on multiple registers.
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