Reluctantly Queer is a short film directed by Akosua Adoma Owusu. The eight-minute epistolary film tells the story of a young Ghanaian man who struggles to reconcile his love for his mother with his same-sex desires. The film explores the complexity that many queer individuals face in owning and claiming their sexuality amidst relationships that do not conform with their sexual identity. The film was written by and stars Kwame Edwin Otu. and it was released in 2016 with funding support from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.