Boni and Wes, a true love story

  • Boni and Wes, a true love story
Genre : Drama
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2021
Format : Short
Running time : 9 (in minutes)

Johannesburg, South Africa. In the form of a love letter, in their own words, Boni Mnisi and Wes Leal, the first openly queer couple in a Christian girls' school, tell us the story of their love.

a film by Helen J. RAINE, Kim HINRICHS

South Africa, 2021, short documentary, 09 mins

Team Credits :
Boni Mnisi: @sensitive_black_dyke 
Wesley Leal: @mr_leal__
Directors: @helenandkim 
Executive Producer: @groblerlisa_ 
Producer: @reinetski 
DOP: @zennvanzyl_sasc 
Editor: @xander_vander 
Art Director: @foxxyles 
Stylist: @niconigrini 
Original Soundtrack by: @joshshhhh
Music by: @nakhaneofficial and @honeymoanband 

LINKS
https://www.girlsinfilm.net/videos/boni-wes-a-true-love-story
https://twopointoh.co.za/2020/03/24/boniandwes-a-true-love-story-motion-city-films/
https://bubblegumclub.co.za/art/mr-and-mrs-leal-queer-love-and-eroticism-as-power-and-self-love/



selected at the 2021 Clermont-Ferrand International short film festival

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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