Both here and there. Diasporic narratives of people who have the ability to exist in two places at the same time.
Content warning: Discussion of police violence, religious violence (The Archive: Queer Nigerians)
Accessibility: Closed captions available
“When will you come home?” Timinepre’s mother asks. Little does she know that Timinepre fled Nigeria to seek asylum in the U.K. They cannot return home for another five years. To explain the series of events that led them here would mean coming out to their mother as a lesbian and admitting that they left the country for fear of persecution. With Nigerian queer history erased from the national narrative of Nigeria, queer Nigerians in the U.K. gather to tell their stories, documenting their experiences so they can never be erased again.
- Runtime25 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- PremiereUnited States
- AwardsBest Short Documentary Nominee
- Social Media
- DirectorSimisolaoluwa Akande
- ScreenwriterMaureen Onwunali
- ProducerMaxine Gordon, Joseph Bushell, Ermias Asfaw
- Executive ProducerHannah Bush Bailey
- CastMorayo Adebakin, Alex Enahoro, Chima Itabor, Timinepre Cole, Tom Kólá
- CinematographerBea Macdonald
- Sound DesignTori Daniels, Tope Olufemi
Both here and there. Diasporic narratives of people who have the ability to exist in two places at the same time.
Content warning: Discussion of police violence, religious violence (The Archive: Queer Nigerians)
Accessibility: Closed captions available
“When will you come home?” Timinepre’s mother asks. Little does she know that Timinepre fled Nigeria to seek asylum in the U.K. They cannot return home for another five years. To explain the series of events that led them here would mean coming out to their mother as a lesbian and admitting that they left the country for fear of persecution. With Nigerian queer history erased from the national narrative of Nigeria, queer Nigerians in the U.K. gather to tell their stories, documenting their experiences so they can never be erased again.
- Runtime25 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- PremiereUnited States
- AwardsBest Short Documentary Nominee
- Social Media
- DirectorSimisolaoluwa Akande
- ScreenwriterMaureen Onwunali
- ProducerMaxine Gordon, Joseph Bushell, Ermias Asfaw
- Executive ProducerHannah Bush Bailey
- CastMorayo Adebakin, Alex Enahoro, Chima Itabor, Timinepre Cole, Tom Kólá
- CinematographerBea Macdonald
- Sound DesignTori Daniels, Tope Olufemi