September 11th, 2012
HotDocs and Berlin Film Festival winner Call Me Kuchu will be in cinemas on 2nd November, but the film will also be touring the UK with preview screenings in Cambridge, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Shrewsbury, Birmingham and London and tickets are now on sale now at callmekuchu.co.uk
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.”
David, Uganda’s first openly gay man, is one of the few who dare to publicly protest state-sanctioned homophobia. Working with an idiosyncratic clan of fellow activists, David fights Uganda’s government and tabloids in the courts, on television, and at the United Nations. Because, he insists, “if we keep on hiding, they will say we’re not here.”
Tickets for the preview screenings can be booked by clicking on the links below. One of the films directors, Malika Zouhali-Worrall, will be at the London Soho Curzon screening for a Q&A after the film on the 29th October
Tuesday 18 September Cambridge – Cambridge Arts Picturehouse – Cambridge Film Festival
Friday 05 October Edinburgh – Filmhouse – Take One Action Film Festival
Saturday 13 October Shrewsbury – Old Market Hall – Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival
Thursday 18 October Birmingham – Birmingham Library Theatre – Popup Cinema Screening
Tuesday 23 October Glasgow – Glasgow Film Theatre – Glasgay Festival
Monday 29 October London – Curzon Soho – + Q&A
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