Project Detail

The Men Who Speak Gayle

Synopsis

Young drag performer Nathan is one of the last people to speak Gayle - a secret language the gay community were forced to invent during Apartheid. He finds out about Louis, an original Gayle speaker living in a conservative desert town in South Africa and wants to put on a performance with him.

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 min
Director
Andrew Brukman
Producer
Thembisa Cochrane, Georgie Paget
Editor
Andrew Brukman
Director of Photography
Anton Scholtz
Principal cast
Nathan Kennedy, Louis van Brakel

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