Everything Must Come to Light

  • Everything Must Come to Light
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2002
Format : Short
Running time : 25 (in minutes)

This is the unusual story of three dynamic lesbian women who are sangomas (traditional healers) in Soweto, South Africa.

Articulate and sympathetic, these women share their stories willingly. After leaving their husbands, two of the women explored their sexuality in relation to other women, because their dominant male ancestors instructed them to take wives.

The relationships with their ancestors, and the roles these ancestors play in their healing powers and sexuality, are the focal points in EVERYTHING MUST COME TO LIGHT.


A Film by Mpumi Njinge & Paulo Alberton
South Africa, 2002, documentary, 25 minutes, color

A co-production of The Gay & Lesbian Archives of South Africa, & the Out in Africa Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

"Fascinating... provides excellent opportunities for discovery and dialogue around southern African culture and history and around intersections between gender and lesbianism, sex roles, and current politics."-Feminist Collections Quarterly

✮2002 African Studies Association Film Festival

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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