Special attention is paid to facial expressions in Giselle Bailey and Nneka Onuorah’s The Legend of the Underground, a sensitive and nuanced HBO documentary about Nigerian youth who defy traditional gender roles and embrace fluid identities. In scenes of work and play, the camera closes in and lingers on the faces of these young people, forced to operate in the margins of society, long after they have stopped speaking. Their expressions — flitting between joy, contemplation and sorrow — reveal the quiet strength and tenacity needed to live life on their own terms.
To be gay, or perceived as gay, in Africa’s ...
To be gay, or perceived as gay, in Africa’s ...
- 6/30/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Special attention is paid to facial expressions in Giselle Bailey and Nneka Onuorah’s The Legend of the Underground, a sensitive and nuanced HBO documentary about Nigerian youth who defy traditional gender roles and embrace fluid identities. In scenes of work and play, the camera closes in and lingers on the faces of these young people, forced to operate in the margins of society, long after they have stopped speaking. Their expressions — flitting between joy, contemplation and sorrow — reveal the quiet strength and tenacity needed to live life on their own terms.
To be gay, or perceived as gay, in Africa’s ...
To be gay, or perceived as gay, in Africa’s ...
- 6/30/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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