South Africa: Out in Africa festival launched in Johannesburg

The Johannesburg edition of the 17th annual Out In Africa Film Festival officially opened on 14 October Thursday at NuMetro, Hyde Park, with the screening of Loose Cannons. Launched in 1994 with the aim of celebrating the inclusion of the clause prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, the Out In Africa South African Gay & Lesbian Film Festival sets out to address the lack of visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals in the South African social and cultural life after decades of apartheid repression.