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Saw a fantastic documentary last night, at Joburg’s “Out in Africa” LGBT film festival, called Brother Outsider. It’s the story of Bayard Rustin, an advisor to MLK and the brains and brawn behind the 1963 March on Washington. He was a brilliant organizer, but his open homosexuality made him a target both for segregationists, who hoped to paint Civil Rights leaders as “perverts,” and and for some fellow leaders, who saw him as a distraction or liability. Anyway, it’s a well-done film; check it out.
I went to see a movie at the festival on Monday night as well, although it’s hardly worth a mention. It was a mockumentary about sex workers in Frisco, but it had neither cohesiveness nor a sophisticated point. It was, however, packed with vice, and that’s always good at holding an audience.
Incidentally, I went to the movies on both nights with German ex-pats. Monday: a guy working at organic farms around South Africa for a few months, via WWOOF. And Tuesday: a friend of a friend, who directs the high school exchange organization AFS in SA.
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