In marginalized communities, often denied opportunity for self-definition, individual members can express their agency by establishing constraints — by staking claim to traits deemed worthy and casting aside all else.
For individuals, this is therapy: a valiant attempt at sloughing off labels assigned from without in favor of labels asserted within. But for communities, this is an act of constriction.
Director Nneka Onuorah’s film, “The Same Difference”, is a presentation of these trials and their context within the lesbian community. It is an unflinching view of lesbianism, with its beautiful and provocative nuance taking center stage. Click here to read the full article
