Black Beulahs is quite simply a film about being black and gay in South African Township of Soweto. It tells this story through the lives of three completely different men with the common factor that they all have their roots in Soweto. Somizi is a television personality, actor dancer and all round entertainer – he also is the creator of the drag persona, Madam Gigi. Chix is a body builder that is involved with a woman but still indulges his fantasies with men on a regular basis. DK is a respected middle-aged businessman and pillar of the community who also is also gay.

The story is narrated by the director, Fanney Tsimong, who also sees this film as a personal journey of his own experiences as a gay man in Meadowlands, Soweto. He knows all of the subjects personally and is thus able to bring a certain amount of personal understanding, but also a certain kind of objectivity to the film that make it so unique.

Black Beulahs has been well received at everywhere it has been screened – these include festivals in the United States, in Europe and in South Africa. Screening venues were filled to capacity when it was shown at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and at Out In Africa – South Africa’s LGBT film festival. And is still being requested by Film Festivals all over the world.