Call Me Kuchu is a feature-length documentary film from Uganda about the lack of right for gay and lesbian people in the Central African country.
It has been directed by Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall.
It deals with the every-day difficulties homosexuals encounter in Uganda, a country which unfortunately recognises no rights for LGBT - "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" - people.
The ocumentary is specifically about the life and death of one of Uganda’s first openly gay activists, David Kato.
It was recipient of diverse grants from numerous funders, including Chicken & Egg Pictures, Frameline and the Catapult Film Fund, as well as fellowships with the Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2011, the Film Independent Documentary Lab, and the Fast Track film financing market at L.A. Film Festival 2011.
David Kato was killed out of hatred in January 2011, just a few weeks before my first trip to Kampala, and I remember the shock in provoke in the gay community and among human rights activists in the whole East African region.
More here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/27/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-murdered
More information about the film at www.callmekuchu.com :
"In an unmarked office at the end of a dirt track, veteran activist David Kato labors to repeal Uganda’s homophobic laws and liberate his fellow lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender men and women, or “kuchus.” But David’s formidable task just became much more difficult. A new “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” proposes death for HIV-positive gay men, and prison for anyone who fails to turn in a known homosexual. Inspired by American evangelicals who have christened Uganda ground zero in their war on the “homosexual agenda,” the Bill awaits debate in Uganda’s Parliament. Meanwhile, local newspapers have begun outing kuchus with vicious fervor under headlines such as: “HOMO TERROR! We Name and Shame Top Gays in the City.” "
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http://callmekuchu.com/
Four Ugandans fight for justice & freedom on the frontlines of Africa's gay rights movement:
http://facebook.com/CallMeKuchu
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