Screening & Discussion #HRWNairobiFilmFest: Call me Kuchu, Nov 23 2012 @ Alliance

Date: November 23, 2012
Venue: Alliance Francaise Auditorium
Time: 6.30 pm

Directors: Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall, Country – US, 2012, Duration 87 minutes, In English and Luganda with English subtitles

In an office on the outskirts of Kampala, 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 Kato’s formidable task just became more difficult. A new “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” proposes the death penalty for HIV-positive gay men and prison for anyone who fails to turn in a known homosexual. Kato is one of the few who dare to publicly protest the country’s government and media. Working with a dedicated group of fellow activists, he fights for Kampala’s kuchus on Ugandan television, at the United Nations, and in the courts. Because, he insists, “if we keep on hiding, they will say we are not here.”

With unprecedented access, Call Me Kuchu examines the astounding courage and determination required to battle an oppressive government, a vicious media and a powerful church in the fight for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.

Discussants: Pepe Julian Onziema (Sexual Minorities Uganda), Jackson Otieno (GALCK), John “Longjones” Wambere (Spectrum Uganda Initiatives), and Jane Wothaya (Gay Kenya Trust)

OUT Film Festival, Nov. 15-17 2012 @ Goethe Institut

Opening: Thursday, November 15 2012
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Goethe-Institut Auditorium
Entrance: Free

Minimum age of 18 years required!

Festival Dates: November 16-17, 2012
Time: 10 am

For more information visit GI website

About
The OUT Film Festival takes place for the second time in Kenya. The film festival not only wants to celebrate queer cinema, but to make known to Kenya that a community that the general society deems secret exists. The festival promises another selection of films and documentaries from the region, continent and globe.

The OUT Film Festival is about celebrating life’s challenges, love and diversity. It continues to carry forward the message of Ubuntu.

Diversity + Tolerance = Ubuntu
Ubuntu = I am what I am because of Who We all Are

The OUT Film Festival is supported by the Gay Kenya Trust, the Embassy of Switzerland and the Goethe-Institut Kenya.

The Out Film Festival, Sept. 9-10 2011 @ Goethe

Dates: September 9-10, 2011
Venue: Goethe Institut Auditorium
Time: September 9, 2011 at 7-10pm and September 10, 2011 at 10 am
Entry: Free

Queer cinema comes out!

The Inaugural OUT FILM FESTIVAL will be the first public showing of cinema that reflects the life of sexual minorities.

The film festival wants to make known a community that Kenyan society deems to be secret. The festival aims to entertain, educate and celebrate. There will be a variety of films and documentaries from within and outside the continent that will alter the way you look at the way the Queer community lives and loves. People just like you, people who are African themselves.

Diversity + Tolerance = Ubuntu
Ubuntu = I am what I am because of Who We all Are

Visiting movie makers will be in attendance.

The OUT FILM FESTIVAL is brought to you by the Gay Kenya Trust in cooperation with the Embassy of Switzerland and Goethe-Institut Nairobi

Screenings
Friday, 9th September 2011, 7.00 pm
7.00 pm: Fluorescent Sin
7.15 pm: Kuchus of Uganda
8.00 pm: Transformation
8.20 pm: Dakan

Saturday, 10th September 2011, 10.00 am
10.00 am: 7 years
10.30 am: Coming Out
2.00 pm: La Parade, followed by a Q&A-Session with the director Lionel Baier
4.00 pm: Transformation
4.20 pm: Fluorescent Sin
4.35 pm: Kuchus of Uganda

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