#Nneka Onuorah

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LGBTQ and Nigerian

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Just put out a NEW It Gets Better video with director and film producer Nneka Onuorah!

You might know her as the director who toured the country to interview Black lesbians about masculinity and femininity for her first self-funded documentary, The Same Difference.

Orr maybe you know her from winning an EMMY for directing the reality series Watch Out for the Big Grrrls.

We asked about her journey through growing up in the church, to coming out as lesbian, and discovering a balance within her own identities. She says, "It gets better is the realest phrase I've ever heard." 💜

Was a joy shooting with her, watch here on Youtube (English and Spanish caption options) and reblog bc this is the Black lesbian representation we need!

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MEGAN THEE STALLION: In Her Words (2024) dir. Nneka Onuorah

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This is an important initiative to hold those with harmful rhetoric accountable. Kudos to Nneka Onuorah and her team for amplifying these crucial conversations and driving positive change.

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Amazon MGM Studios signs exclusive first-look deal with Emmy-winning director Nneka Onuorah

Amazon MGM Studios signed an exclusive first-look television and film deal with Emmy-winning director Nneka Onuorah, the studio announced on Tuesday. Onuorah is known for her work as a filmmaker, producer and activist. She is committed to telling innovative and bold stories that both narratively and formally reconsider and voice marginalized communities. Making history for queer people and women…

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A documentary about an LGBTQ inclusive Christian pastor who's calling out and trying to fix the homophobia in church?!

Oh this is my type of pastor!

And of course it's directed by the one and only Nneka Onuorah.

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Nneka Onuorah

https://www.unadonnalgiorno.it/nneka-onuorah/

Nneka Onuorah è una regista, produttrice e attivista statunitense di origine nigeriana che col suo lavoro vuole dare voce a chi non ce l’ha.

Nel 2022 è stata insignita di un Emmy Award per la regia del reality Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls.

Nata nel Queens, a New York, nel 1988 da padre nigeriano e madre afro-americana, aveva 14 anni quando ha fatto coming out sul suo orientamento sessuale. Ha studiato danza al Broadway Dance Center e si è laureata in Psicologia al LaGuardia Community College.

Dopo uno stage presso il BET è stata assunta come produttrice lavorando a Black Girls Rock! e vari documentari musicali.

La notorietà è arrivata con The Same Difference del 2015, un documentario sull’omofobia interiorizzata all’interno della comunità lesbica nera che ha ricevuto una nomination per il premio GLAAD.

Ha prodotto la docuserie originale Netflix First and Last, sul sistema carcerario statunitense e My House, sulla comunità black queer per Viceland.

Insieme a Giselle Bailey ha prodotto Burn Down the House sulla ballerina parigina Kiddy Smile, presentato in anteprima al NewFest LGBTQ Film Festival e The Legend of the Underground, sulle persone LGBTQ nigeriane che hanno lasciato il paese in cerca di asilo a causa di leggi persecutorie.

Nel 2022, Onuorah ha diretto il reality Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls che per il suo tour ha voluto un corpo di ballo formato da ragazze formose sotto rappresentate a causa della loro fisicità.

Ha creato la campagna We are All Women, focalizzata al miglioramento dell’assistenza sanitaria e di alloggi equi per le donne lesbiche.

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The Legend of the Underground directors Giselle Bailey and Nneka Onuorah

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Nigerian-American filmmaker Nneka Onuorah on Lizzo’s ‘Watch Out for the Big Grrrls’

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Nneka Onuorah: an award-winning documentary filmmaker and television producer.

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Nneka Onuorah

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: Born 1988

Ethnicity: African American, Nigerian

Occupation: Director, producer, screenwriter

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The Same Difference

Written, produced, and directed by Nneka Onuorah, the 2015 documentary offers a penetrative glance at lesbians who discriminate against other lesbians based on heteronormative gender roles.

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Trailer Watch: “The Legend of the Underground” Tackles LGBTQ Discrimination in Nigeria

Trailer Watch: “The Legend of the Underground” Tackles LGBTQ Discrimination in Nigeria

“I want to encourage billions and zillions of people, telling them that you have rights. You know why? Because you’re human,” says one of the characters featured in “The Legend of the Underground.” A new trailer for Giselle Bailey and Nneka Onuorah’s documentary sees gender-fluid youth working to address discrimination and expand awareness about gender identity, sexual orientation, and civil…

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LGBTQ Nigerians

"In the early hours of 26 August 2018, the Nigerian police raided a Lagos hotel and arrested 57 men for their participation in what was described as a "homosexual initiation". Under the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, passed in 2013, such crimes carry a hefty sentence. The following weeks saw the Nigerian police put these men through a brutal media trial without protecting their identities, making an example of their case and leaving them entirely vulnerable to violent discrimination. In HBO's new documentary, The Legend of the Underground, we see firsthand how the hyper-visibility of this case shifted the course of these mens' lives ��� with many losing their jobs, getting chased out of their homes and having to start life from scratch. But more importantly, we see a pivotal moment in Nigeria’s queer history being documented with nuance, dignity and humane objectivity.

Created by Nigerian-American filmmaker Nneka Onuorah and Jamaican-American filmmaker Giselle Bailey, the documentary, released at the end of last month to critical acclaim, takes in both the beauty and the hardship of life as a queer Nigerian — from the budding underground ballroom scenes and the tireless work to create safe spaces, to the trauma that comes with fleeing the country and the many forms of displacement that affect marginalised communities.

This is not the first documentary to focus on issues affecting queer Nigerians. In fact, there has been a number of efforts since the passing of the SSMPA bill, by independent queer filmmakers and human rights organisations. In November 2020 for example, The Rustin Times, a Nigerian queer publication, released a short documentary via YouTube titled Defiance: Voices of a New Generation. It interrogated the state of queer activism in Nigeria from the perspective of the young people behind it. But, by virtue of regulatory issues, Nigerian queer-focused films and documentaries are rarely ever allowed to be distributed through major entertainment channels, preventing these stories from getting the immense reach they deserve. Though it’s not yet available in Nigeria (much to the frustration of curious queer people living there), The Legend Of The Underground has broken that pattern with its HBO release.

Before this, both Nneka and Giselle had been working on a different film project, documenting the challenges faced by a group of queer Nigerians living in the US — many of them refugees who fled to find safety elsewhere. After meeting some of them at a pride parade in New York, Nneka and Giselle were in the middle of telling their story when they discovered James Brown, one of the 57 arrested in 2018 (and now a prominent voice in the documentary) through a viral video of James speaking boldly against the actions of the police during the trial.

This was when the pair decided to add a narrative on what life is like for queer Nigerians still living in Nigeria, like James, to the original story they had intended to tell. ..."

Source and full article: https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/88nkvk/queer-nigeria-documentary