Dakan
Description
The first feature film on homosexuality from sub-Saharan Africa, Dakan (it means "destiny") was met with angry protests and heated debate when it was shot in the director's native Guinea. The film is a contemporary African reinterpretation of the age-old conflict between love and social convention, the story of two men who by coming out become invisible to their society. The men try to deny their sexual orientation to please their families, but eventually accept it, and each other, as their destiny.
Runtime
87 min
Subjects
- Social structure (572)
- Culture (254)
- Interpersonal relations (422)
- Families (556)
- Interpersonal attraction (54)
- Gender identity (121)
- Homosexuality (126)
- Intimacy (Psychology) (93)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2012], c1997
Database
Films on Demand
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