Woubi Chéri: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
removed Category:LGBT in Africa using HotCat |
m Moving Category:Ivorian LGBT-related films to Category:Ivorian LGBTQ-related films per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 September 11#LGBT nominations which were opposed at CFDS |
||
| (28 intermediate revisions by 18 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Infobox film |
{{Infobox film |
||
| name = Woubi Chéri |
| name = Woubi Chéri |
||
| image = |
| image = Woubi Cheri DVD Region 2 PAL cover.png |
||
| caption = 2013 region 2 PAL DVD cover |
|||
| image size = |
|||
| caption = |
|||
| director = [[Laurent Bocahut]]<br />Philip Brooks |
| director = [[Laurent Bocahut]]<br />Philip Brooks |
||
| producer = |
| producer = |
||
| Line 11: | Line 10: | ||
| music = |
| music = |
||
| cinematography = |
| cinematography = |
||
| editing =[[Nadia Ben Rachid]]<ref name=aaf>{{Cite web |
| editing = [[Nadia Ben Rachid]]<ref name=aaf>{{Cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | title = Nadia Ben Rachid: Film Editor Bio | publisher = anneaghionfilms.com | url = http://www.anneaghionfilms.com/bio_rachid.html | doi = | accessdate =2010-01-01 }}</ref> |
||
| last = |
|||
| first = |
|||
| authorlink = |
|||
| coauthors = |
|||
| title = Nadia Ben Rachid: Film Editor Bio |
|||
| work = |
|||
| publisher = anneaghionfilms.com |
|||
| date = |
|||
| url = http://www.anneaghionfilms.com/bio_rachid.html |
|||
| doi = |
|||
| accessdate =2010-01-01 }} |
|||
</ref> |
|||
| distributor = |
| distributor = |
||
| released = 1998 |
| released = {{Film date|1998}} |
||
| runtime =62 minutes |
| runtime = 62 minutes |
||
| country =[[France]]<br />[[Côte d'Ivoire]] |
| country = [[France]]<br />[[Côte d'Ivoire]] |
||
| language =French |
| language = French |
||
| budget = |
| budget = |
||
}} |
|||
| preceded by = |
|||
'''''Woubi Chéri''''' (English: ''Darling Woubi''<ref name=gikandi>{{Cite book | last = Gikandi | first = Simon | authorlink = | title = Encyclopedia of African literature | publisher = [[Taylor & Francis]] | year = 2003 | location = | pages = 315 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=hFuWQmsM0HsC | doi = | id = | isbn =0-415-23019-5 }}</ref>) is a 1998 [[France|French]]/[[Côte d'Ivoire|Ivorian]] documentary that shows a few days in the life of various members of the gay and transgender community in [[Abidjan]], Côte d'Ivoire.<ref name=lusosex>{{Cite book | last = Canty Quinlan | first = Susan | authorlink = |author2=Fernando Arenas | title = Lusosex: gender and sexuality in the Portuguese-speaking world | publisher = [[University of Minnesota Press]] | year = 2002 | location = | pages = xxxii | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Iv6CUeIQySsC | doi = | id = | isbn =0-8166-3921-3 }}</ref> It is one of the very few films from [[Africa]] to deal with [[LGBT]] issues.<ref name=lusosex /> |
|||
| followed by = |
|||
}}'''''Woubi Chéri''''' (English: ''Darling Woubi''<ref name=gikandi>{{Cite book |
|||
| last = Gikandi |
|||
| first = Simon |
|||
| authorlink = |
|||
| title = Encyclopedia of African literature |
|||
| publisher = [[Taylor & Francis]] |
|||
| year = 2003 |
|||
| location = |
|||
| pages = 315 |
|||
| url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hFuWQmsM0HsC |
|||
| doi = |
|||
| id = |
|||
| isbn =0-415-23019-5 }} |
|||
</ref>) is a 1998 [[France|French]]/[[Côte d'Ivoire|Ivorian]] documentary that shows a few days in the life of various members of the gay and transgender community in [[Abidjan]], Côte d'Ivoire.<ref name=lusosex>{{Cite book |
|||
| last = Canty Quinlan |
|||
| first = Susan |
|||
| authorlink = |
|||
| coauthors = Fernando Arenas |
|||
| title = Lusosex: gender and sexuality in the Portuguese-speaking world |
|||
| publisher = [[University of Minnesota Press]] |
|||
| year = 2002 |
|||
| location = |
|||
| pages = xxxii |
|||
| url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Iv6CUeIQySsC |
|||
| doi = |
|||
| id = |
|||
| isbn =0-8166-3921-3 }} |
|||
</ref> It is one of a very few films from [[Africa]] to deal with [[LGBT]] issues.<ref name=lusosex /> |
|||
The title comes from the term "woubi", meaning a man who plays the role of a wife in a homosexual relationship.<ref name=gikandi /> Also featured in the documentary are "yossis", men who act as husbands to woubis, who are often [[bisexuality|bisexual]] and also in conventional marriages.<ref>{{Cite book |
The title comes from the term "woubi", meaning a man who plays the role of a wife in a homosexual relationship.<ref name=gikandi /> Also featured in the documentary are "yossis", men who act as husbands to woubis, who are often [[bisexuality|bisexual]] and also in conventional marriages.<ref>{{Cite book | last = López | first = Alfred J. | authorlink = |author2=John C. Hawley | title = Postcolonial whiteness: a critical reader on race and empire | publisher = [[SUNY Press]] | year = 2005 | location = | pages = 68 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8t2oOnplU58C | doi = | id = | isbn =0-7914-6361-3 }}</ref> The film won Best Documentary awards at the [[New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival]], the [[Turin International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival]], and the Transgender Festival in [[London]].<ref name=aaf /> |
||
| last = López |
|||
| first = Alfred J. |
|||
| authorlink = |
|||
| coauthors = John C. Hawley |
|||
| title = Postcolonial whiteness: a critical reader on race and empire |
|||
| publisher = [[SUNY Press]] |
|||
| year = 2005 |
|||
| location = |
|||
| pages = 68 |
|||
| url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8t2oOnplU58C |
|||
| doi = |
|||
| id = |
|||
| isbn =0-7914-6361-3 }} |
|||
</ref> The film won Best Documentary awards at the [[New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival]], the [[Turin International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival]], and the Transgender Festival in [[London]].<ref name=aaf /> |
|||
==See also== |
==See also== |
||
| Line 86: | Line 31: | ||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
* {{IMDb title|0210390}} |
* {{IMDb title|0210390}} |
||
*[http://www.newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0107/ Official film page] |
|||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Woubi Cheri}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Woubi Cheri}} |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:1998 LGBTQ-related films]] |
||
[[Category:1998 films]] |
[[Category:1998 films]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:1990s French-language films]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Ivorian documentary films]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Ivorian LGBTQ-related films]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:1998 documentary films]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:1990s French films]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:French LGBTQ-related documentary films]] |
||
[[Category:LGBT-related documentary films]] |
|||
{{documentary-film-stub}} |
{{LGBT-documentary-film-stub}} |
||
{{ |
{{1990s-France-film-stub}} |
||
Latest revision as of 09:38, 25 September 2024
| Woubi Chéri | |
|---|---|
 2013 region 2 PAL DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Laurent Bocahut Philip Brooks |
| Edited by | Nadia Ben Rachid[1] |
Release date |
|
Running time | 62 minutes |
| Countries | France Côte d'Ivoire |
| Language | French |
Woubi Chéri (English: Darling Woubi[2]) is a 1998 French/Ivorian documentary that shows a few days in the life of various members of the gay and transgender community in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.[3] It is one of the very few films from Africa to deal with LGBT issues.[3]
The title comes from the term "woubi", meaning a man who plays the role of a wife in a homosexual relationship.[2] Also featured in the documentary are "yossis", men who act as husbands to woubis, who are often bisexual and also in conventional marriages.[4] The film won Best Documentary awards at the New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival, the Turin International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, and the Transgender Festival in London.[1]
See also
[edit]- Dakan — a 1997 Guinean drama film dealing with homosexuality
- Forbidden Fruit — a 2000 Zimbabwean film about a lesbian relationship
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Nadia Ben Rachid: Film Editor Bio". anneaghionfilms.com. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
- ^ a b Gikandi, Simon (2003). Encyclopedia of African literature. Taylor & Francis. p. 315. ISBN 0-415-23019-5.
- ^ a b Canty Quinlan, Susan; Fernando Arenas (2002). Lusosex: gender and sexuality in the Portuguese-speaking world. University of Minnesota Press. pp. xxxii. ISBN 0-8166-3921-3.
- ^ López, Alfred J.; John C. Hawley (2005). Postcolonial whiteness: a critical reader on race and empire. SUNY Press. p. 68. ISBN 0-7914-6361-3.
External links
[edit]- Woubi Chéri at IMDb
.svg){kind=small} | This article about a documentary film with a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender theme is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article related to a French film of the 1990s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |