This documentary introduces us to gender pioneers in the Ivory Coast, West Africa. Ferdinand Doudou serves as a cultural interpreter for the conversations and interviews in this anti-anthropological perspective on contemporary African sexuality. The film acquaints us with a cross-section of Abidjan's woubi community. Vincent, an immigrant from Burkina Faso, is a traditional griot and sage. Laurent defied his father's wishes that he become an auto mechanic to open a patisserie in Abidjan. Bibiche and Tatiana are cross-dressing prostitutes. Barabara, a glamorous, more mature transvestite, is the leader of the tight-knit group and President of the Ivory Coast Transvestites Association. With the support of their emerging community, Abidjan's woubis are beginning to claim their place in a changing Africa. Barbara summarises the moral for all of us: "The third millennium will be about a mix of modern and traditional, different ways of life and sex."

Awarded in 1999. By Alchemy Award "for the film that has had the most effective and positive impact on transgender representation this year"