Gayniggers from Outer Space

Gayniggers from Outer Space
Official 1992 poster
Directed by	Morten Lindberg
Written by	Per Kristensen Morten Lindberg
Produced by	Dino Raymond Hansen and Lamont Sanford
Starring	Coco P. Dalbert Sammy Saloman Gerald F. Hail Gbatokai Dakinah Konrad Fields Johnny Conny Tony Thomas
Cinematography	Henrik Kristensen
Edited by	Prami Larsen
Distributed by	Det Danske Filminstitut
Release date	1992 (1992)
Running time	26 minutes
Country	Denmark
Language	English

Gayniggers from Outer Space is a 1992 Danish English-language satirical science fiction short film, directed by Danish performance artist Morten Lindberg. The film is a parody of the science fiction and blaxploitation genres.^[1]

Plot

The film follows a group of intergalactic homosexual black men from the planet Anus, who discover the presence of female creatures on planet Earth. Using rayguns, they proceed to eliminate all females from Earth, eliciting gratitude from the previously oppressed male population.^[1] Before leaving the planet, they leave behind a "Gay Ambassador" to educate the Earthlings about their new way of life.

Cast

• Coco P. Dalbert as ArmInAss
• Sammy Saloman as Capt. B. Dick
• Gerald F. Hail as D. Ildo
• Gbatokai Dakinah as Sgt. Shaved Balls
• Konrad Fields as Mr. Schwul
• Johnny Conny Tony Thomas as The Gay Ambassador

Reception

The film was first screened at the NatFilm Festival in Copenhagen on 23 February 1993,^[2] and was screened at the Stockholm Queer Film Festival in 2006.^[3]

In the 2019 book It Came from Something Awful, Dale Beran described the film as a "queer-interest Dutch [sic] B movie in the hyper-transgressive tradition of John Waters" that appealed to an audience of "nerdy white boys" who liked the concept of blaxploitation. The film was used in a recruiting campaign by the internet troll group Gay Nigger Association of America in the 2000s,^[4] who took their name from the film.^[5]

In 2024 an internet meme relating to the movie gained popularity, where people would convince others to search the phrase "what space movie came out in 1992" or "space movie 1992." This would return results of the movie's IMDb & Wikipedia pages. The shock value of the title is the main purpose of the meme, not the contents of the movie.^[6]

Production

The film begins in black-and-white and later turns to color, in a way similar to The Wizard of Oz. According to director Morten Lindberg, this was a "dramatic special effect" to illustrate "the world being freed from vicious women".^[1]

References

1. "Master Fatman ja Homoneekerit ulkoavaruudesta" [Master Fatman and the Gayniggers from Outer Space]. Elitisti (in Finnish). 26 July 2003. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2006.
2. "Gayniggers from outer space. Morten Lindberg, Per Kristensen (DK, 1993)" (in Danish). Danish Film Institute. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023.
3. "Gayniggers from Outer Space". queerfilmfestival.se. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010.
4. Beran, Dale (30 July 2019). It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-250-21947-3.
5. Dean, Jodi (2010). Blog Theory: Feedback and Capture in the Circuits of Drive. Polity Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7456-4970-2.
6. "What space movie came out in 1992? Meme explained". Dexerto. 1 March 2024. Archived from the original on 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

External links

• Gayniggers from Outer Space at IMDb
• Gayniggers from Outer Space: Stockholm Queer Film Festival 2006 at the Wayback Machine (archived January 31, 2009): The movie was featured by the Stockholm Queer Film Festival 2006.
• HoustonPress coverage at the Wayback Machine (archived October 30, 2006): Gayniggers from Outer Space disrupt a Harris County, Texas, courthouse.