CALL ME KUCHU

Date: February 25th at 7PM at the Brattle Theatre, Cambridge

Details: 82min, USA, 2012.

Filmmakers: Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax-Wright.

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Synopsis: In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato – Uganda’s first openly gay man – and his fellow activists work against the clock to defeat the legislation while combating vicious persecution in their daily lives.

Filmmaker Malika Zouhali-Worrall in Attendance for Post Screening Q&A

Awards:

Best Documentary Teddy Award – Berlin Film Festival

Best International Feature Film – Hot Docs

Amnesty International Human Rights Award – Durban Film Festival

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The screening of CALL ME KUCHU will be preceded by PARAISO, a short film from filmmaker, NADAV KURTZ.  PARAISO has been shortlisted for a 2012 Academy Award.

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