“The film is the debut feature for UK filmmaker Cherish ‘Chez’ Oteka, who won the Bafta for best short film for The Black Cop in 2022. It is backed by the BFI Doc Society.”
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“Produced and directed by Cherish Oteka, the documentary features a number of BAME LGBT people and looks at a number of different topics in religion, gender, culture, race, visibility and allyship.
Oteka said: “I’m honoured to have produced and directed this series of documentaries in partnership with Stonewall to profile the lived experiences of LGBT people of colour.”