In recent weeks, in anticipation of Moffie’s South African premiere on 13 March, director Oliver Hermanus shared and discussed the film with a select few local gay men for whom he has great admiration, and sat down to talk about their experience of the word “moffie.” These conversations form part of the #calledamoffie campaign by Portobello Productions – the team behind the movie – to ‘denuclearise’ the word and the hurt it has caused so many people.
Videos of these conversations feature actor Armand Aucamp, comedians Marc Lottering, Pieter-Dirk Uys and Casper de Vries, TV and radio personality Rian van Heerden, politician Siphesihle Dube, fashion designer Lukhanyo Mdingi, business consultant and founder of the Gay Pages, Rubin van
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