Shahab Fotouhi

Sep 9, 2024 | dmovies.org | Eoghan Lyng |Bing Qian Wang |Xiaoxuan Jiang |Shahab Fotouhi

[dropcsap]M[/dropcap]idway through this documentary, a sobering statistic is sprayed onscreen: 700,000 people die from Aids very year, many of them black and/or queer. Light Up centres on a group of black queer individuals, each of them brave enough to discuss their experiences to the camera. “Everybody knew I was gay probably from when I came out of the womb,” a man tells the camera; “When the doctor hit me, I was like: ‘Do it again”.