CALL ME KUCHU is a documentary directed by Katherine Fairfax Wright & Malika Zouhali-Worral. The film explores what it is like to be openly gay in Uganda -to be at risk for imprisonment and death. 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. With unprecedented access, CALL ME KUCHU depicts the last year in the life of a courageous, quick-witted and steadfast man whose wisdom and achievements were not fully recognized until after his death. While heartbreaking, the documentary traces a narrative that takes the viewer beyond the chronicle of victimization depicted in international news media: it tells the nuanced story of David and Kampala’s kuchus as they work to change their fate, and that of other kuchus across Africa.
Call Me Kuchu – Trailer from Call Me Kuchu on Vimeo.
View the trailer: http://vimeo.com/27391482
LA FILM FEST SCREENINGS:
SAT, June 16 7:50pm Regal 9
SUN, June 17 4:10pm Regal 10
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