Peabody Awards: Nominees Announced in Documentary, News, Public Service and Radio/Podcast Categories
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors today announced the 41 nominees for the Documentary, News, Public Service and Radio/Podcast categories selected to represent the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2023. The nominees were chosen by a unanimous vote of 32 jurors from more than 1,100 entries from television, podcasts/radio and the web in entertainment, news, documentary, arts, children’s/youth, public service and multimedia programming.
Among the Documentary nominees is the 2024 Oscar winner 20 Days in Mariupol, which followed director Mstyslav Chernov as he led a team of AP journalists caught in the Ukrainian city in 2022 after the Russian invasion. Five other Oscar-nominated documentaries also received Peabody noms, including the 2023 nominees All That Breathes and All the Beauty and the Bloodshed and 2024 nominees Bobi Wine: The People’s President, The Eternal Memory and To Kill a Tiger. The Emmy-winning bio-doc Still: A Michael J. Fox Story also received a nomination.
Among the Documentary nominees is the 2024 Oscar winner 20 Days in Mariupol, which followed director Mstyslav Chernov as he led a team of AP journalists caught in the Ukrainian city in 2022 after the Russian invasion. Five other Oscar-nominated documentaries also received Peabody noms, including the 2023 nominees All That Breathes and All the Beauty and the Bloodshed and 2024 nominees Bobi Wine: The People’s President, The Eternal Memory and To Kill a Tiger. The Emmy-winning bio-doc Still: A Michael J. Fox Story also received a nomination.
- 4/23/2024
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PBS landed 11 nominations, by far the most of any outlet, as Peabody Awards Board of Jurors announced this year’s 41 nominees across its documentary, news, public service and radio/podcast categories. The pubcaster’s Peabody noms include “20 Days in Mariupol,” which recently won the Oscar for best documentary feature film.
“20 Days in Mariupol” is a production of “Frontline” and the Associated Press. Among PBS series, “Frontline” landed five noms, the most of any program, while “Independent Lens” received three.
Also scoring multiple nominations was the combination of HBO and Max, which received four — including one for the doc “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” which HBO Documentary Films produced with Neon and Participant. That’s notable in light of last week’s news that Participant Media is shutting its operations.
This year’s Peabody Award nominees are selected from stories and projects that were released in broadcast or...
“20 Days in Mariupol” is a production of “Frontline” and the Associated Press. Among PBS series, “Frontline” landed five noms, the most of any program, while “Independent Lens” received three.
Also scoring multiple nominations was the combination of HBO and Max, which received four — including one for the doc “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” which HBO Documentary Films produced with Neon and Participant. That’s notable in light of last week’s news that Participant Media is shutting its operations.
This year’s Peabody Award nominees are selected from stories and projects that were released in broadcast or...
- 4/23/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Bobi Wine: The People’s President,” a nominee for Best Documentary at the 96th Academy Awards on March 10th, 2024. The story of a Ugandan pop singer-turned-activist is directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp. Currently streaming on Hulu and Disney+.
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Bobi Wine is one of the most popular singers in his native Uganda, and based many of his songs on breaking the repressive dictatorship of Yoweri Museveni, who changed the Ugandan constitution to maintain the power he has had since 1986. Bobi runs first for parliament and votes for people power within that body, but decides to take it one step further and run against Museveni for President in 2021. His campaign is harassed, arrested, even shot, but Bob and people power will not back down.
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President” is currently streaming on Hulu and Disney+. Directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp.
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Bobi Wine is one of the most popular singers in his native Uganda, and based many of his songs on breaking the repressive dictatorship of Yoweri Museveni, who changed the Ugandan constitution to maintain the power he has had since 1986. Bobi runs first for parliament and votes for people power within that body, but decides to take it one step further and run against Museveni for President in 2021. His campaign is harassed, arrested, even shot, but Bob and people power will not back down.
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President” is currently streaming on Hulu and Disney+. Directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp.
- 3/10/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Los Angeles, March 10 (Ians) Priyanka Chopra Jonas was the star at a special screening of ‘To Kill A Tiger’, a soul-searing documentary feature by the Indian-Canadian Emmy-winning director Nisha Pahuja in the race for an Oscar, but the spotlight was on Ranjit, a Jharkhand farmer who’s the ‘hero’ of the film.
In the words of TV actor Sahil Salathia, who attended the exclusive screening on Saturday night at the Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles and Instagrammed about it: “Ranjit ji is an Indian farmer who supported his daughter (right till the end!) who was traumatised by life and the society. We need more role models like him in India.”
Highlighting what Ranjit, who is all set to attend the Oscars gala at LA’s Dolby Theater, was up against, Sahil wrote: “It is not easy knowing that three men in Jharkhand gang raped your 13-year-old daughter and the village...
In the words of TV actor Sahil Salathia, who attended the exclusive screening on Saturday night at the Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles and Instagrammed about it: “Ranjit ji is an Indian farmer who supported his daughter (right till the end!) who was traumatised by life and the society. We need more role models like him in India.”
Highlighting what Ranjit, who is all set to attend the Oscars gala at LA’s Dolby Theater, was up against, Sahil wrote: “It is not easy knowing that three men in Jharkhand gang raped your 13-year-old daughter and the village...
- 3/10/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
In the opening moments of 20 Days in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov’s chilling account of the siege of the Ukrainian port city, a Russian tank marked with the ominous ‘Z’ swivels its turret toward a hospital. On an upper floor of the building, Chernov and his small team record as the cannon slowly rotates towards them, preparing to fire.
“The tank did shoot the hospital right above the floor we were at,” he says. “It hit between the fifth and sixth floors and a patient was killed with that shell.”
It was one of many times he put his life at risk to show the Russian army’s destruction of the city and its systematic targeting of civilians. He remembers feeling his life was about to end.
“Exactly in that moment in the film, this moment of uncertainty, the moment when tanks are shooting at the residential areas, when the hospital...
“The tank did shoot the hospital right above the floor we were at,” he says. “It hit between the fifth and sixth floors and a patient was killed with that shell.”
It was one of many times he put his life at risk to show the Russian army’s destruction of the city and its systematic targeting of civilians. He remembers feeling his life was about to end.
“Exactly in that moment in the film, this moment of uncertainty, the moment when tanks are shooting at the residential areas, when the hospital...
- 2/21/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
“Bobi has inspired our generation and the nation at large,” Bobi Wine: The People’s President co-director Moses Bwayo said of the famed Uganda performer now politician seeking to preserve his country’s waning democracy.
“When he got into Parliament and said he wanted to dislodge the dictatorship … we trusted him,” Bwayo, who did double duty as director of photography on the Oscar-nominated documentary added at Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees event Saturday. “The revolution that he leads today, that’s what really got him all this support around the country, and of course his messenging and the music. It really communicates with the nation.”
Back in cinemas in major markets across the U.S. this long Presidents Day weekend, National Geographic’s very timely Bobi Wine is up against The Eternal Memory, Four Daughters, To Kill a Tiger and 20 Days in Mariupol for Best Documentary at the 96th Academy Awards next month.
“When he got into Parliament and said he wanted to dislodge the dictatorship … we trusted him,” Bwayo, who did double duty as director of photography on the Oscar-nominated documentary added at Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees event Saturday. “The revolution that he leads today, that’s what really got him all this support around the country, and of course his messenging and the music. It really communicates with the nation.”
Back in cinemas in major markets across the U.S. this long Presidents Day weekend, National Geographic’s very timely Bobi Wine is up against The Eternal Memory, Four Daughters, To Kill a Tiger and 20 Days in Mariupol for Best Documentary at the 96th Academy Awards next month.
- 2/17/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
As we race to the Oscar finish line, it has certainly been a year to remember. The movie business all but shook off the last vestiges of the Covid era with the phenomenon that was Barbenheimer — collectively, Barbie and Oppenheimer earned more than $2 billion globally at the box office. Not only is cinema alive and kicking, but both of those box office behemoths are Oscar-nominated for Best Picture.
It sets the stage for Contenders Film: The Nominees, Deadline’s annual awards-season showcase. Today, we sit down with casts and creatives from eight of this year’s Oscar-nominated films, representing hopefuls spanning categories from the crafts to Best Picture. The virtual livestream begins at 9 a.m. Pt.
Click here to register and watch the livestream.
The Best Picture competition is still very much on, and Focus Features’ The Holdovers is in the running. Joining us today for a Q&a conversation are director Alexander Payne,...
It sets the stage for Contenders Film: The Nominees, Deadline’s annual awards-season showcase. Today, we sit down with casts and creatives from eight of this year’s Oscar-nominated films, representing hopefuls spanning categories from the crafts to Best Picture. The virtual livestream begins at 9 a.m. Pt.
Click here to register and watch the livestream.
The Best Picture competition is still very much on, and Focus Features’ The Holdovers is in the running. Joining us today for a Q&a conversation are director Alexander Payne,...
- 2/17/2024
- by David Morgan
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: National Geographic Documentary Films is bringing Bobi Wine: The People’s President back to the big screen in some major markets Friday for President’s Day weekend.
The film follows Bobi Wine, the Ugandan opposition leader, former member of parliament, activist and national superstar musician during the country’s 2021 presidential elections where he risks his life to fight the ruthless regime led by Yoweri Museveni. Museveni has been in power since 1986 and changed Uganda’s constitution to enable him to run for yet another five-year term.
The film will play New York, LA, Chicago, Memphis, New Jersey, San Francisco and Washington D.C., rolling out in additional markets on subsequent weekends.
It debuted in theaters on July 28, and premiered on Disney+ and Hulu Oct 6.
Deadline’s review called it an “exceptional feat” by Ugandan-born director Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp “to make an international audience care so deeply about...
The film follows Bobi Wine, the Ugandan opposition leader, former member of parliament, activist and national superstar musician during the country’s 2021 presidential elections where he risks his life to fight the ruthless regime led by Yoweri Museveni. Museveni has been in power since 1986 and changed Uganda’s constitution to enable him to run for yet another five-year term.
The film will play New York, LA, Chicago, Memphis, New Jersey, San Francisco and Washington D.C., rolling out in additional markets on subsequent weekends.
It debuted in theaters on July 28, and premiered on Disney+ and Hulu Oct 6.
Deadline’s review called it an “exceptional feat” by Ugandan-born director Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp “to make an international audience care so deeply about...
- 2/14/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President” has already won the IDA Documentary Award and is nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars, but no one involved with the film is focused on bringing home hardware.
“For us, it interestingly doesn’t feel like a campaign for Oscar,” Bobi Wine said Thursday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour.
“Are we campaigning?” quipped his wife, Barbie Kyagulanyi, who joined him on the panel alongside director and producer Christopher Sharp, director and cinematographer Moses Bwayo, and producer John Battsek.
“For us, it’s a campaign for life,” Wine continued. “For us, this is a lifeline. Every opportunity we get to show the situation in Uganda, we are extending [life] because we know, first and foremost, the energy and the sustainability of the regime comes from their ability to hide. The more Americans see this film, the more Europeans see this film, the...
“For us, it interestingly doesn’t feel like a campaign for Oscar,” Bobi Wine said Thursday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour.
“Are we campaigning?” quipped his wife, Barbie Kyagulanyi, who joined him on the panel alongside director and producer Christopher Sharp, director and cinematographer Moses Bwayo, and producer John Battsek.
“For us, it’s a campaign for life,” Wine continued. “For us, this is a lifeline. Every opportunity we get to show the situation in Uganda, we are extending [life] because we know, first and foremost, the energy and the sustainability of the regime comes from their ability to hide. The more Americans see this film, the more Europeans see this film, the...
- 2/8/2024
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Bobi Wine, the 41-year-old musician and leader of the Ugandan National Unity Platform, can’t recall how many times he’s been arrested since he first became the voice and then the face of the movement to remove President Yoweri Museveni from office in his home country. Yet as the film documenting his plight, Bobi Wine: The People’s President (formerly titled Bobi Wine: Ghetto President), received an Academy Award nomination for best documentary feature on Jan. 23, Wine was living out a harsh reality of his political activism and a reminder of its necessity.
“On the day when the Oscar nominations were announced, we were under house arrest, my wife and I,” Wine tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s only the other day that the military withdrew from our home.”
Wine, born Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, grew up in a slum in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. He rose to prominence...
“On the day when the Oscar nominations were announced, we were under house arrest, my wife and I,” Wine tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s only the other day that the military withdrew from our home.”
Wine, born Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, grew up in a slum in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. He rose to prominence...
- 2/8/2024
- by Brande Victorian
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar documentary branch voters can’t be accused of parochialism. They ventured far and wide to select their shortlist of feature documentaries for 2023, tapping films from countries as varied as a U.N. roll call: Ukraine, Uganda, Poland, Denmark, Tunisia, Canada and the United States.
To Kill a Tiger, one of the 15 finalists, unfolds in a village in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Nisha Pahuja, who was born in India and raised in Canada, directed the film about a humble couple who fight for justice after their 13-year-old daughter is sexually assaulted by three men. Before the shortlist was announced, Pahuja wondered whether doc branch members would embrace her documentary. “It’s a Canadian film, but it’s an Indian story,” she said, “and it’s subtitled.”
Pahuja needn’t have worried. Neither subtitles nor remote settings deter today’s documentary branch, whose membership is far less insular than it used to be.
To Kill a Tiger, one of the 15 finalists, unfolds in a village in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Nisha Pahuja, who was born in India and raised in Canada, directed the film about a humble couple who fight for justice after their 13-year-old daughter is sexually assaulted by three men. Before the shortlist was announced, Pahuja wondered whether doc branch members would embrace her documentary. “It’s a Canadian film, but it’s an Indian story,” she said, “and it’s subtitled.”
Pahuja needn’t have worried. Neither subtitles nor remote settings deter today’s documentary branch, whose membership is far less insular than it used to be.
- 1/14/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: National Geographic Documentary Films is returning its Oscar-shortlisted documentary Bobi Wine: The People’s President to select cinemas over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.
The film directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp will play at IFC Center in New York, the Laemmle Monica Film Center in Santa Monica, CA, and San Francisco’s Presidio Theatre from Friday through Sunday, overlapping with part of the nomination voting period for the 96th Academy Awards. On Tuesday, Bwayo and Sharp earned DGA Awards nominations for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Directing for their film, which centers on Ugandan pop star Bobi Wine, who dared to run for president against his country’s dictator, Gen. Yoweri Museveni.
‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’
Bobi Wine: The People’s President recently won the IDA Documentary Award for Best Documentary Feature and has earned top prizes at the Hamptons International Film Festival and Independent Film Festival of Boston.
The film directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp will play at IFC Center in New York, the Laemmle Monica Film Center in Santa Monica, CA, and San Francisco’s Presidio Theatre from Friday through Sunday, overlapping with part of the nomination voting period for the 96th Academy Awards. On Tuesday, Bwayo and Sharp earned DGA Awards nominations for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Directing for their film, which centers on Ugandan pop star Bobi Wine, who dared to run for president against his country’s dictator, Gen. Yoweri Museveni.
‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’
Bobi Wine: The People’s President recently won the IDA Documentary Award for Best Documentary Feature and has earned top prizes at the Hamptons International Film Festival and Independent Film Festival of Boston.
- 1/10/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
By one measure, 2023 was a very tough year in documentary. The first indications of what lay ahead came in January at Sundance, where the usual panoply of films entered the arena in hopes of earning awards and the ultimate prize – distribution.
But streamers and other major distributors showed no inclination to loosen their purse strings and many acclaimed Sundance titles languished for months without distribution deals – King Coal, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, The Disappearance of Shere Hite among them. Bad Press never did get a distribution deal. Netflix, after spending handsomely at Sundance in recent years, didn’t buy any docs at the festival (it did acquire American Symphony at Telluride).
As the year advanced, the acquisition pace remained sluggish and smaller distributors found themselves in a buyer’s market, landing films that in previous years would have gone to bigger entities. On the continuum of feast and famine,...
But streamers and other major distributors showed no inclination to loosen their purse strings and many acclaimed Sundance titles languished for months without distribution deals – King Coal, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, The Disappearance of Shere Hite among them. Bad Press never did get a distribution deal. Netflix, after spending handsomely at Sundance in recent years, didn’t buy any docs at the festival (it did acquire American Symphony at Telluride).
As the year advanced, the acquisition pace remained sluggish and smaller distributors found themselves in a buyer’s market, landing films that in previous years would have gone to bigger entities. On the continuum of feast and famine,...
- 1/1/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Usually when a political documentary gets Oscar attention it’s well after the fact, or else it’s sticking closely to an already popular line. This one addresses a situation which is present, volatile, and its inclusion on the Best Documentary shortlist for 2024 might itself be considered a political act. It’s exactly the sort of international attention that those in power in Uganda don’t want, and for those in opposition to them, always at risk of violence or arrest, it offers a lifeline.
The film is comprised primarily of footage shot by journalists in almost constant contact with their subject, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, aka the musician and actor Bobi Wine. It follows the events ensuing from his decision, in 2017, to run for the Ugandan presidency. For context, the incumbent, Yoweri Museveni, came to power in 1986 in the aftermath of the country’s Bush War. He was seen, then,...
The film is comprised primarily of footage shot by journalists in almost constant contact with their subject, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, aka the musician and actor Bobi Wine. It follows the events ensuing from his decision, in 2017, to run for the Ugandan presidency. For context, the incumbent, Yoweri Museveni, came to power in 1986 in the aftermath of the country’s Bush War. He was seen, then,...
- 12/26/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Bobi Wine, the subject of Bobi Wine: The People’s President, said he hopes the National Geographic Documentary Films doc educates international communities who have supported Uganda’s dictator Yoweri Museveni.
Wine had the support of the Ugandan people to be elected president in 2021, yet Museveni remains in power. Wine considers Museveni worse than his predecessor, Idi Amin, by the sheer fact that Amin was only in power for eight years and Museveni for 37.
“Amin was not educated,” Wine said at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Documentary. “Museveni was a smart dictator that for a very long time has got the international community backing him. I would like to believe that they are doing that ignorantly. I hope this film opens up the reality of General Museveni to the international communities.”
Related: Deadline’s Contenders Documentary – Full Coverage
Wine’s wife, Barbie Kyagulanyi, said Museveni also hires expensive firms to keep...
Wine had the support of the Ugandan people to be elected president in 2021, yet Museveni remains in power. Wine considers Museveni worse than his predecessor, Idi Amin, by the sheer fact that Amin was only in power for eight years and Museveni for 37.
“Amin was not educated,” Wine said at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Documentary. “Museveni was a smart dictator that for a very long time has got the international community backing him. I would like to believe that they are doing that ignorantly. I hope this film opens up the reality of General Museveni to the international communities.”
Related: Deadline’s Contenders Documentary – Full Coverage
Wine’s wife, Barbie Kyagulanyi, said Museveni also hires expensive firms to keep...
- 12/10/2023
- by Fred Topel
- Deadline Film + TV
Aka Mr. Chow
(HBO Documentary Films)
This portrait directed by Nick Hooker follows the life and career of painter turned restaurateur Michael Chow, the owner of the Mr Chow restaurant chain, as he returns to the art world with his first solo show in nearly 60 years.
American Symphony
(Netflix)
Matthew Heineman switches gears from following the front lines of the Mexican drug war (the Oscar-nominated Cartel Land) and the early days of the Covid crisis in New York City (The First Wave), this time helming an intimate profile of Late Night With Stephen Colbert bandleader Jon Batiste as he balances an incredible year of professional success while aiding his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, through her battle with a rare form of cancer.
Anonymous Sister
(Long Shot Factory/Gravitas Ventures)
Emmy Award-winning director Jamie Boyle chronicles her family’s collision with the opioid epidemic. The film, currently holding a 100 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes,...
(HBO Documentary Films)
This portrait directed by Nick Hooker follows the life and career of painter turned restaurateur Michael Chow, the owner of the Mr Chow restaurant chain, as he returns to the art world with his first solo show in nearly 60 years.
American Symphony
(Netflix)
Matthew Heineman switches gears from following the front lines of the Mexican drug war (the Oscar-nominated Cartel Land) and the early days of the Covid crisis in New York City (The First Wave), this time helming an intimate profile of Late Night With Stephen Colbert bandleader Jon Batiste as he balances an incredible year of professional success while aiding his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, through her battle with a rare form of cancer.
Anonymous Sister
(Long Shot Factory/Gravitas Ventures)
Emmy Award-winning director Jamie Boyle chronicles her family’s collision with the opioid epidemic. The film, currently holding a 100 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Tyler Coates and Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Four top documentary filmmakers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2024 awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Tuesday, December 5, at 6:00 p.m. Pt; 9:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our contributing editor Charles Bright and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
American Symphony (Netflix)
Synopsis: Explores a year in the life of Grammy Award winning musician Jon Batiste.
Bio: Lauren Domino was an Oscar nominee for “Time.” Other projects have included “Alone,” “The Earth Is Humming” and “Black Folk Don’t.”
Bobi Wine: The People’s President (NatGeo)
Synopsis: Follows Ugandan opposition leader,...
RSVP today to our entire ongoing contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
American Symphony (Netflix)
Synopsis: Explores a year in the life of Grammy Award winning musician Jon Batiste.
Bio: Lauren Domino was an Oscar nominee for “Time.” Other projects have included “Alone,” “The Earth Is Humming” and “Black Folk Don’t.”
Bobi Wine: The People’s President (NatGeo)
Synopsis: Follows Ugandan opposition leader,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Chris Beachum and Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
IndieWire’s longtime commitment to highlighting boundary-pushing documentary filmmaking reached new heights this fall during the inaugural Art of the Doc screening series. Presented in partnership with National Geographic, Art of the Doc showcased six of the best nonfiction films of 2023 at the Landmark Westwood in Los Angeles. Each screening featured in-person conversations with filmmakers and documentary subjects moderated by IndieWire editors.
“Our editors gave careful consideration in selecting these films for our inaugural screening series, Art of the Doc,” IndieWire senior VP and editor in chief Dana Harris-Bridson said in a statement announcing the series. “We’re excited to have the in-person opportunity to share IndieWire’s perspective with the work of great filmmakers.”
“We’re thrilled to be launching our first documentary screening series with our partner National Geographic,” said IndieWire senior VP and publisher James Israel. “Nat Geo’s support of the art of current documentary filmmaking...
“Our editors gave careful consideration in selecting these films for our inaugural screening series, Art of the Doc,” IndieWire senior VP and editor in chief Dana Harris-Bridson said in a statement announcing the series. “We’re excited to have the in-person opportunity to share IndieWire’s perspective with the work of great filmmakers.”
“We’re thrilled to be launching our first documentary screening series with our partner National Geographic,” said IndieWire senior VP and publisher James Israel. “Nat Geo’s support of the art of current documentary filmmaking...
- 11/27/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Pop star Bobi Wine had it made. Beautiful wife and kids, thriving music career. The Ugandan singer could have stayed in his lane, cruising through Kampala without a care. But as the award-winning documentary Bobi Wine: The People’s President shows, he gave up the easy life for something far more dangerous: attempting through the democratic process to unseat his country’s dictator, Gen. Yoweri Museveni.
Wine and the directors of the documentary, Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp, join us on the latest episode of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast to discuss the film and the intriguing question of why Wine entered the political arena when his only guarantee was that doing so would expose him to great peril.
Wine explains why he allowed the filmmakers to observe every aspect of his life, and the only thing he asked them not to show – a plea the directors ignored.
Bwayo and Sharp...
Wine and the directors of the documentary, Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp, join us on the latest episode of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast to discuss the film and the intriguing question of why Wine entered the political arena when his only guarantee was that doing so would expose him to great peril.
Wine explains why he allowed the filmmakers to observe every aspect of his life, and the only thing he asked them not to show – a plea the directors ignored.
Bwayo and Sharp...
- 10/24/2023
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
The documentary festival Doc NYC has unveiled the full lineup for its 14th edition. It will be a total of 114 features and 129 short films. The festival runs in-person November 8-16 at IFC Center, Sva Theatre and Village East by Angelika and continues online through November 26 with films available to viewers across the U.S.
The Short Lists sections showcase a selection of nonfiction features and shorts that the festival’s programming team considers to be among the year’s strongest contenders for Oscars and other awards. The Winner’s Circle are films already feted at major international film events while Come As You Are section highlights films about people striving to find their place in the world, or in their communities.
Short List: Features
20 Days In Mariupol
Director: Mstyslav Chernov
Producers: Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson Rath, Derl McCrudden
An AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the...
The Short Lists sections showcase a selection of nonfiction features and shorts that the festival’s programming team considers to be among the year’s strongest contenders for Oscars and other awards. The Winner’s Circle are films already feted at major international film events while Come As You Are section highlights films about people striving to find their place in the world, or in their communities.
Short List: Features
20 Days In Mariupol
Director: Mstyslav Chernov
Producers: Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson Rath, Derl McCrudden
An AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the...
- 10/18/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
PBS’ “20 Days in Mariupol,” IFC’s “The Disappearance of Shere Hite” and MTV’s “The Eternal Memory” are among Doc NYC’s 14th edition featuring 114 features and 129 short films.
The shortlist for Doc NYC, the largest documentary festival in the U.S., was launched in 2012 and has become a key indicator and predictor for the Academy Awards’ best documentary feature category. Ten out of the last 11 winners for documentary feature were screened at the festival. In addition, 12 of the 15 shortlisted docs from 2022 were among its lineup.
Some other notable inclusions are Julie Cohen’s moving “Every Body” about the generation of intersex people living among us, Lisa Cortés’ “Little Richard: I Am Everything,” an intimate look at the queer rock ‘n’ roll legend, and Matthew Heineman’s “American Symphony,” an emotional look into the life of singer Jon Batiste as he prepares for his performance at Carnegie Hall.
The festival runs from Nov.
The shortlist for Doc NYC, the largest documentary festival in the U.S., was launched in 2012 and has become a key indicator and predictor for the Academy Awards’ best documentary feature category. Ten out of the last 11 winners for documentary feature were screened at the festival. In addition, 12 of the 15 shortlisted docs from 2022 were among its lineup.
Some other notable inclusions are Julie Cohen’s moving “Every Body” about the generation of intersex people living among us, Lisa Cortés’ “Little Richard: I Am Everything,” an intimate look at the queer rock ‘n’ roll legend, and Matthew Heineman’s “American Symphony,” an emotional look into the life of singer Jon Batiste as he prepares for his performance at Carnegie Hall.
The festival runs from Nov.
- 10/17/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Doc NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, on Tuesday announced its lineup in the short and feature categories, as well as for its Winner’s Circle category and its new section for 2023 titled Come As You Are.
All shortlisted films will have theatrical screenings at the festival. With Tuesday’s announcement, Doc NYC will present a total of 114 features and 129 short films in its 14th year, including 33 world premieres and 29 U.S. premieres.
The festival will run this year Nov. 8-16 at IFC Center, Sva Theatre and Village East Angelika in New York, and will run online through Nov. 26.
The festival’s new Come As You Are section features films about “people striving to find their place in the world, or in their communities,” according to the festival. The Doc NYC Short List for documentary features was launched in 2012. For 10 of the last 11 years, the festival has screened doc features...
All shortlisted films will have theatrical screenings at the festival. With Tuesday’s announcement, Doc NYC will present a total of 114 features and 129 short films in its 14th year, including 33 world premieres and 29 U.S. premieres.
The festival will run this year Nov. 8-16 at IFC Center, Sva Theatre and Village East Angelika in New York, and will run online through Nov. 26.
The festival’s new Come As You Are section features films about “people striving to find their place in the world, or in their communities,” according to the festival. The Doc NYC Short List for documentary features was launched in 2012. For 10 of the last 11 years, the festival has screened doc features...
- 10/17/2023
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Relationships are curving and crumbling in two of this week’s streaming premieres, both highly worth watching. In fact, all four movies on this list concern the breakdown of something — romance, democracy, trust. Each of them is gripping, thoughtful, and surprisingly humorous.
The contender to watch this week: “Fair Play“
One of the best-reviewed movies from this year’s Sundance Film Festival, “Fair Play” sparked a bidding war that resulted in a reported $20 million sale to Netflix. Alden Ehrenreich and “Bridgerton” breakout Phoebe Dynevor play Wall Street hedge-fund analysts whose competitive ambitions throw a wrench in their clandestine romance. The sexy, sharp-edged thriller has a propulsive script that hints at more good things to come from writer/director Chloe Domont, who has previously shepherded episodes of “Ballers,” “Billions,” and other TV series. “Fair Play” got a limited theatrical release last week and is now on Netflix.
Other contenders:
“Passages”:...
The contender to watch this week: “Fair Play“
One of the best-reviewed movies from this year’s Sundance Film Festival, “Fair Play” sparked a bidding war that resulted in a reported $20 million sale to Netflix. Alden Ehrenreich and “Bridgerton” breakout Phoebe Dynevor play Wall Street hedge-fund analysts whose competitive ambitions throw a wrench in their clandestine romance. The sexy, sharp-edged thriller has a propulsive script that hints at more good things to come from writer/director Chloe Domont, who has previously shepherded episodes of “Ballers,” “Billions,” and other TV series. “Fair Play” got a limited theatrical release last week and is now on Netflix.
Other contenders:
“Passages”:...
- 10/7/2023
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Gold Derby
Get ready for a captivating documentary as National Geographic presents “Bobi Wine: The People’s President.” This eye-opening program delves into the life of Bobi Wine, an opposition leader, activist, and renowned musical star in Uganda.
The documentary chronicles Bobi Wine’s journey as he utilizes his music and voice to challenge the long-standing regime of Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled Uganda for an astonishing 35 years. Bobi Wine’s music becomes a powerful tool in his fight for change and justice in the face of political oppression.
One of the significant highlights of the documentary is Bobi Wine’s decision to run in the 2021 presidential election, a pivotal moment in his quest to bring about transformative political shifts in Uganda.
Tune in to National Geographic on Thursday, October 5, 2023, at 10:00 Pm, and witness the incredible story of Bobi Wine as he battles against the status quo and stands as a beacon...
The documentary chronicles Bobi Wine’s journey as he utilizes his music and voice to challenge the long-standing regime of Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled Uganda for an astonishing 35 years. Bobi Wine’s music becomes a powerful tool in his fight for change and justice in the face of political oppression.
One of the significant highlights of the documentary is Bobi Wine’s decision to run in the 2021 presidential election, a pivotal moment in his quest to bring about transformative political shifts in Uganda.
Tune in to National Geographic on Thursday, October 5, 2023, at 10:00 Pm, and witness the incredible story of Bobi Wine as he battles against the status quo and stands as a beacon...
- 9/30/2023
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
For five years, documentary-makers followed the musician and politician as he attempted to challenge the country’s reigning autocratic leader
“I am not a criminal. I am a presidential candidate.” That’s Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu – Aka Bobi Wine – speaking from inside a police van, his face pressed to the bars after being arrested for the umpteenth time. Wine is a Ugandan pop superstar; his music has earned him the nickname “Ghetto President”. This intense, raw documentary, shot over five years, follows his attempt to become Uganda’s actual president – challenging the long-reigning autocrat Yoweri Museveni. It’s an intimate portrait combined with increasingly shocking footage as his opposition movement comes under attack.
Wine is a man with intoxicating charisma, and a cracking backstory. He grew up in a Kampala slum, pulling himself up by his bootstraps, paying his own way through university and launching a music career. His childhood made him fearless,...
“I am not a criminal. I am a presidential candidate.” That’s Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu – Aka Bobi Wine – speaking from inside a police van, his face pressed to the bars after being arrested for the umpteenth time. Wine is a Ugandan pop superstar; his music has earned him the nickname “Ghetto President”. This intense, raw documentary, shot over five years, follows his attempt to become Uganda’s actual president – challenging the long-reigning autocrat Yoweri Museveni. It’s an intimate portrait combined with increasingly shocking footage as his opposition movement comes under attack.
Wine is a man with intoxicating charisma, and a cracking backstory. He grew up in a Kampala slum, pulling himself up by his bootstraps, paying his own way through university and launching a music career. His childhood made him fearless,...
- 8/29/2023
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
If elections in Uganda were free and fair, pop star-turned politician Bobi Wine might be president of his country instead of the dictator Yoweri Museveni, who has clung to power for 36 years.
But elections aren’t free in Uganda, and opposing Museveni can be a very dangerous proposition, as starkly portrayed in National Geographic’s award-winning documentary Bobi Wine: The People’s President. Despite the risk to his life, Wine has boldly challenged Museveni, who faces potential charges in the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity.
Wine was first elected to parliament in 2017, attracting overwhelming support from voters dispirited by decades of Museveni’s rule. Among those he inspired was Ugandan native Moses Bwayo, who co-directed the documentary with Christopher Sharp.
Bobi Wine with supporters in Katakwi district in Eastern Uganda, November 14, 2020.
“This guy, he’s literally speaking to my heart, and these are the things I see in a leader that I want,...
But elections aren’t free in Uganda, and opposing Museveni can be a very dangerous proposition, as starkly portrayed in National Geographic’s award-winning documentary Bobi Wine: The People’s President. Despite the risk to his life, Wine has boldly challenged Museveni, who faces potential charges in the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity.
Wine was first elected to parliament in 2017, attracting overwhelming support from voters dispirited by decades of Museveni’s rule. Among those he inspired was Ugandan native Moses Bwayo, who co-directed the documentary with Christopher Sharp.
Bobi Wine with supporters in Katakwi district in Eastern Uganda, November 14, 2020.
“This guy, he’s literally speaking to my heart, and these are the things I see in a leader that I want,...
- 7/20/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Can music change one country’s destiny? Bobi Wine: The People’s President follows a Ugandan musician who chased his dream and suffered a terrible price. Starting in the country’s musical scene, Wine would quickly establish himself as a major figure; he also realized Uganda’s struggles at the hands of Yoweri Museveni’s regime had to end. It’s a decision that would expose Wine and his family to more danger than they could have imagined. The documentary offers a deep inspection of what it means to fight for justice, even when the odds are decidedly not in your favor.
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Continue reading ‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’ Trailer: A Ugandan Musician Chases A Dream & Suffers A Terrible Price at The Playlist.
- 7/18/2023
- by Valerie Thompson
- The Playlist
"We must get our freedom, or we shall die trying!" National Geographic has revealed an official trailer for an acclaimed documentary film titled Bobi Wine: The People's President, which will be opening soon in select theaters (NY and LA to start) later this month. This first premiered at the 2022 Venice, Telluride, London, Hamptons, and IDFA Film Festivals last year. The film follows Ugandan opposition leader, activist and musical star Bobi Wine. He uses his music to fight the regime led by Yoweri Museveni, the person who led the country for 35 years. "Being born and raised in Uganda, I feel strongly that the people there should have leaders who represent their collective interests. After meeting Bobi and Barbie I was compelled to share their story with the world — a story of courage and bravery in the face of merciless violence. My hope is that the film will encourage all those who...
- 7/17/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Dogwoof has shared with Variety the trailer of “Theatre of Violence,” nominated in main competition at Cph:Dox, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, one of Europe’s biggest documentary events.
Shot over the course of six years, it follows the trial of Dominic Ongwen, the first former Ugandan child soldier to be convicted and sentenced by the International Criminal Court.
Abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (Lra) rebel group when he was just nine years old, Ongwen became himself a feared rebel commander. He was jailed for 25 years in 2021 on multiple counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including sexual slavery, torture, and rape.
Traveling between the Icc courtroom in The Hague and Uganda, in the footsteps of Ongwen’s defence lawyer, the charismatic Krispus Ayena, as he investigates the case and interviews witnesses, the film builds a nuanced portrait of a deeply complex story.
Directors Emil Langballe...
Shot over the course of six years, it follows the trial of Dominic Ongwen, the first former Ugandan child soldier to be convicted and sentenced by the International Criminal Court.
Abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (Lra) rebel group when he was just nine years old, Ongwen became himself a feared rebel commander. He was jailed for 25 years in 2021 on multiple counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including sexual slavery, torture, and rape.
Traveling between the Icc courtroom in The Hague and Uganda, in the footsteps of Ongwen’s defence lawyer, the charismatic Krispus Ayena, as he investigates the case and interviews witnesses, the film builds a nuanced portrait of a deeply complex story.
Directors Emil Langballe...
- 3/10/2023
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
Kampala, Nov 5 (Ians) Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ruled out an Ebola lockdown, urging the public to concentrate on work despite the ongoing outbreak.
“People should go ahead and concentrate on their work without worry,” Museveni said in a tweet on Friday.
The President, however, said the public should be more vigilant and observe the standard operating procedures put in place to control the Ebola spread,reports Xinhua news agency.
Some health experts were calling for a lockdown of the Ugandan capital of Kampala to contain the spread of the disease.
The World Health Organization this week called for international support for Uganda to contain the spread of Ebola.
Figures from Uganda’s Ministry of Health show that as of October 26, the country had registered 115 confirmed cases and 32 deaths since the outbreak was announced on September 20.
The figures also show that 2,168 people are listed for follow-up because they are contacts to confirmed Ebola cases.
“People should go ahead and concentrate on their work without worry,” Museveni said in a tweet on Friday.
The President, however, said the public should be more vigilant and observe the standard operating procedures put in place to control the Ebola spread,reports Xinhua news agency.
Some health experts were calling for a lockdown of the Ugandan capital of Kampala to contain the spread of the disease.
The World Health Organization this week called for international support for Uganda to contain the spread of Ebola.
Figures from Uganda’s Ministry of Health show that as of October 26, the country had registered 115 confirmed cases and 32 deaths since the outbreak was announced on September 20.
The figures also show that 2,168 people are listed for follow-up because they are contacts to confirmed Ebola cases.
- 11/5/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Kampala, Oct 18 (Ians) Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has put the country’s capital Kampala on a high Ebola response alert as the east African country grapples with the deadly disease.
Museveni in a tweet on Monday said while two cases that tested positive in Kampala came from Mubende, the epicentre of the outbreak, there are contacts to the cases and a risk of infection.
“For Kampala city, while the two cases that tested positive came from Mubende district and are regarded as Mubende cases, because of the presence of contacts of these two cases and the risks of infection, I have directed a full mobilisation of Kampala city into a response mode,” he added.
Museveni’s latest update on the outbreak in the country comes after he instituted a 21-day lockdown and night curfew in Mubende and Kassanda districts on Saturday in an effort to contain the spread of the deadly disease,...
Museveni in a tweet on Monday said while two cases that tested positive in Kampala came from Mubende, the epicentre of the outbreak, there are contacts to the cases and a risk of infection.
“For Kampala city, while the two cases that tested positive came from Mubende district and are regarded as Mubende cases, because of the presence of contacts of these two cases and the risks of infection, I have directed a full mobilisation of Kampala city into a response mode,” he added.
Museveni’s latest update on the outbreak in the country comes after he instituted a 21-day lockdown and night curfew in Mubende and Kassanda districts on Saturday in an effort to contain the spread of the deadly disease,...
- 10/17/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp’s documentary “Bobi Wine: Ghetto President” is a feat of cinematic journalism that captures a tumultuous timeline of events while keeping the focus on its titular subject. Going by the stage name Bobi Wine, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu is a wildly popular singer in Uganda who is voted into office and becomes a major figure in the political party that opposes its president, General Yoweri Museveni.
Continue reading ‘Bobi Wine: Ghetto President’ Review: A Portrait of Unfathomable Political Courage [Venice] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Bobi Wine: Ghetto President’ Review: A Portrait of Unfathomable Political Courage [Venice] at The Playlist.
- 9/11/2022
- by Nick Allen
- The Playlist
National Geographic Documentary Films has announced the acquisition of worldwide rights to Bobi Wine: The People’s President, following its Venice Festival premiere.
The film, directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp and produced by double Oscar winner John Battsek, follows Ugandan opposition leader, activist and musical star Bobi Wine as he uses his music to fight the regime led by Yoweri Museveni, who has led the country for 35 years and changed the constitution to enable another five-year term.
NatGeo Doc Films will roll out the film at global festivals throughout the rest of the year and release it in theaters in 2023.
Wine said: “My people, the Ugandan people, are familiar with my journey through music, politics, imprisonment and torture, but this film is a microcosm of my country’s larger struggles under an unrelenting dictatorship that has been operating with impunity for decades. I can’t wait for...
The film, directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp and produced by double Oscar winner John Battsek, follows Ugandan opposition leader, activist and musical star Bobi Wine as he uses his music to fight the regime led by Yoweri Museveni, who has led the country for 35 years and changed the constitution to enable another five-year term.
NatGeo Doc Films will roll out the film at global festivals throughout the rest of the year and release it in theaters in 2023.
Wine said: “My people, the Ugandan people, are familiar with my journey through music, politics, imprisonment and torture, but this film is a microcosm of my country’s larger struggles under an unrelenting dictatorship that has been operating with impunity for decades. I can’t wait for...
- 9/4/2022
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
National Geographic Documentary Films has acquired the rights to “Bobi Wine: The People’s President,” a political documentary about the Ugandan opposition leader that premiered at the Venice Film Festival this weekend.
Nat Geo acquired the film ahead of Bobi Wine appearing at the Telluride Film Festival when the film will make its North American debut this weekend. Nat Geo intends to roll the film out at other festivals throughout the year and will release it theatrically in 2023.
“The People’s President,” which screened with the working title “Bobi Wine: Ghetto President” at Venice, comes from directors Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp as well as Oscar-winning producer John Battsek.
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Wine was born in the slums of Kampala but has grown to become a former member of parliament, an activist and even a national music superstar.
Nat Geo acquired the film ahead of Bobi Wine appearing at the Telluride Film Festival when the film will make its North American debut this weekend. Nat Geo intends to roll the film out at other festivals throughout the year and will release it theatrically in 2023.
“The People’s President,” which screened with the working title “Bobi Wine: Ghetto President” at Venice, comes from directors Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp as well as Oscar-winning producer John Battsek.
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Wine was born in the slums of Kampala but has grown to become a former member of parliament, an activist and even a national music superstar.
- 9/4/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The political activism of pop stars is, as a rule, on the restrained side. Those who make their allegiances clear still tend to keep all factions in their fanbases sweet by limiting divisive rhetoric, or filtering their politics through broadly palatable humanitarian causes; those who speak a little more frankly still risk the wrath of the public, the internet and their record labels alike. Yet for Ugandan singer Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu — better known to his adoring fans as Bobi Wine — there’s both everything and nothing to lose by getting a little more directly involved in national politics than most such celebrities would dare. Entering a presidential election against corrupt, long-ruling incumbent Yoweri Museveni is, he knows, both a folly and a necessary symbolic stand — a certain path to honorable defeat that “Bobi Wine: Ghetto President” documents with angry urgency and bitter gallows humor.
With censorship rife in local broadcasting,...
With censorship rife in local broadcasting,...
- 9/2/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
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The line between empathy and topical colonialism can be a difficult one for a documentary filmmaker to walk.
It’s the difference between “In this specific story, I see elements of my own truth” and “This story is just a placeholder for something else that will be immediately visible to most viewers.”
Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo’s Bobi Wine: Ghetto President doesn’t lack for global relevance and, like Daniel Roher’s superficially similar Navalny, it gains potency from the ability to view its chaotic and harrowing political narrative through an American prism. But the connections viewers will want to make aren’t being imposed by the directors. Ghetto President is a Ugandan story, Sharp and Bwayo keep the focus within Uganda and on its main character, and the film benefits from not forcing artificial universality on a story that comes by it authentically.
The line between empathy and topical colonialism can be a difficult one for a documentary filmmaker to walk.
It’s the difference between “In this specific story, I see elements of my own truth” and “This story is just a placeholder for something else that will be immediately visible to most viewers.”
Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo’s Bobi Wine: Ghetto President doesn’t lack for global relevance and, like Daniel Roher’s superficially similar Navalny, it gains potency from the ability to view its chaotic and harrowing political narrative through an American prism. But the connections viewers will want to make aren’t being imposed by the directors. Ghetto President is a Ugandan story, Sharp and Bwayo keep the focus within Uganda and on its main character, and the film benefits from not forcing artificial universality on a story that comes by it authentically.
- 9/1/2022
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Documentary “Bobi Wine: Ghetto President,” which world premieres Out of Competition at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 1, centers on a man’s pursuit of freedom and justice for his country, but at the film’s heart is a love story. Variety speaks to the filmmakers, and unveils the trailer, the first time any footage has been released.
The film, directed by Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo, and produced by Sharp and Oscar-winner John Battsek, follows the attempt by musician Bobi Wine to topple the repressive regime of Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni.
Sharp has a personal connection to Uganda: both his father and he were born there, and he spent a large part of his childhood in the country. He met Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, in 2017, just after the musician had become a Member of Parliament.
“I was just bowled over by him: his optimism, his determination,...
The film, directed by Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo, and produced by Sharp and Oscar-winner John Battsek, follows the attempt by musician Bobi Wine to topple the repressive regime of Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni.
Sharp has a personal connection to Uganda: both his father and he were born there, and he spent a large part of his childhood in the country. He met Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, in 2017, just after the musician had become a Member of Parliament.
“I was just bowled over by him: his optimism, his determination,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
An update from writer David Peisner, 11/18/20: Since I spent a few days with Bobi Wine in Uganda in December, his campaign to unseat the country’s longtime ruler, Yoweri Museveni has continued to endure, despite the obstacles put in his way by the sitting government, and the Covid-19 pandemic. But over the past several months, and particularly, the last few days, his campaign seems to have entered a perilous new phase.
In July, his People Power movement, which had previously avoided direct ties with any political party, aligned itself...
In July, his People Power movement, which had previously avoided direct ties with any political party, aligned itself...
- 4/25/2020
- by David Peisner
- Rollingstone.com
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