Ivory Coast and France / 1998 / 62mins / Documentary / French

Woubi Chéri is a 1998 French/Ivorian documentary that shows a few days in the life of various members of the gay and transgender community in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is one of a very few films from Africa to give African homosexuals a chance to describe their world in their own words.

Laurent Bocahut

An architect by training, Laurent Bocahut was born in 1964 in Charleville-Mézières, France. In the early 1990s, he founded the production company Dominant 7 with his partner, the Australian documentary filmmaker Philip Brooks, and distributor, Dominique Welinski. Dominant 7 produced stories from the margins of politics, culture and sexuality. Laurent Bocahut is also one of the founders of the Paris Festival de Films Gays et Lesbiens. Learn More

Philip Brooks

Born in Hobart, Australia, in 1953, Philip Brooks is a documentary filmmaker and producer. In the early 1990s, he founded the production company Dominant 7, with his partner Laurent Bocahut and a distributor named Dominique Welinski. Dominant 7 produced stories from the margins of politics, culture and sexuality. Brooks wrote, directed and co-directed several films and documentaries, including My Own Private Oz (2000), Woubi chéri (1998), Spikes and Heels (1994), Manila - the Real Thing (1994), and Drowning by Bullets (1992). Philip Brooks passed away in Cadiz, Spain, in 2003. Learn More