Uganda has one the youngest populations in the world and one of its most flagrantly anti-democratic governments. These are ingredients for revolution, and Bobi Wine and his wife Barbie Kyagulanyi are stirring the pot. When the charismatic Bobi, a musician and member of parliament, announces his campaign for president, Uganda’s youth are ecstatic, filling parks and streets for every speech, and singing Bobi’s anthems of peace and freedom. But then comes the crackdown, orchestrated by Yoweri Museveni, a brutal dictator who has ruled Uganda for 36 years. Bobi and his crew survive arrests, beatings, torture, riots and raids.
Nach den Welterfolgen „Unsere Erde“, „Unsere Ozeane“ und „Im Reich der Raubkatzen“ führt Disneynature uns jetzt mit seinem neuen Film in den tiefsten Dschungel Afrikas. „ Schimpansen“ ist eine beeindruckende Geschichte von individuellem Triumph, Familienbanden und einem Baby-Schimpansen namens Oskar, für den die Welt ein Spielplatz ist. Er und die anderen kleinen Schimpansen veranstalten dort ein fröhliches Durcheinander. Mit ihrer Neugier, Lebensfreude, ihrem Entdeckungsdrang und Nachahmungstrieb gehören sie wohl zu den interessantesten Persönlichkeiten des Tierreichs. Auf atemberaubenden, gestochen scharfen Aufnahmen verfolgen wir Oskar und seine Familie hautnah auf ihren Zügen durch die Wirren des Urwalds. Ein inspirierendes und lebensveränderndes Abenteuer voller Mut und Charme, das Ihnen sicher ans Herz gehen wird.
Recognized as Uganda’s first action film, Who Killed Captain Alex? is about the aftermath of a police raid in Kampala in which a police captain is killed.
Ngogo in Uganda, Afrika. Über 20 Jahre lang filmten Anthropologieprofessor David Watts und sein Kollege John Mitani die Ngogo-Schimpansen und gaben ihren treuesten Gefährten Namen. Sie beobachten unzerstörbare Freundschaften und grausame Rivalitäten innerhalb eines Schimpansen-Klans. Jetzt präsentieren die Primatenforscher ihre Erkenntnisse in einem packenden Dokumentarfilm.
Abbas Kiarostami shoots a documentary about the AIDS crisis in Uganda.
A mild-mannered doctor is trained in the art of ass-kicking commando vengeance by a no-nonsense ghetto kid in an effort to regain a family heirloom from Uganda’s toughest gang.
It is the first time that Joana, a Brazilian, has visited her friend Kevin in her country, Uganda. They met 20 years ago when they studied together in Germany and have not seen each other for a long time. Now they are close to turning 40 and life is more complex than in youth. This is a film about a friendship between women.
As word spreads that there is a serial killer at large who continues to commit murder, an off-duty police officer must return an elderly witness who lives in a remote part of Uganda back to town. Along the way, the policeman gives a ride to an injured man. On the way to the city, the passenger tells the policeman the events that led him to end up injured in the middle of the road. But as we travel with these mysterious characters in the car, director Loukman Ali shows us that the stories they tell are only fragmentary and partial versions of the events that took place, and that perhaps there are truths buried beneath each of their words.
Riitta and Catherine live together in Uganda. By day the two sixtysomethings provide sexual health and equality education for Catholics, Muslims and Anglicans alike. By night they smoke, do crosswords and don’t shy away from frank discussions. Riitta's long career empowering women in Africa is coming to a close, but Ugandan government is trying their best to shut down their sex-ed program during her last months in Africa.
Shikha Samuel (Rima Killingal) and Jayakrishnan (Vijay Babu) have eloped and made Uganda their home with the help of Advocate Firoz (Mukesh), who is practising law there. The couple is leading a happy life with a girl child of their own. Jayakrishnan is employed as a manager in a coffee shop and Shikha runs a designer boutique of her own. The tranquillity of their life is shattered when Shikha is arrested on the charges of committing two murders, one of the victim is the daughter of the local Mayor, who has pledged to keep her in jail for the rest of her life.
Another supa action movie.
Ein von Alpträumen gequälter Klinikinsasse geleitet langsam ins Niemandsland des Wahnsinns. Realität und Traum beginnen sich zu vermischen. Der Träumer entführt die Zuschauer in drei haarsträubende Episoden des Grauens:.
Tausende Filme, Hunderte Serien, unbegrenztes Musik Streaming, Amazon Prime Premiumversand und viele weitere Vorteile. 30 Tage kostenlos testen, danach nur 8,99 EUR/Monat oder 89,90 EUR/Jahr.
www.amazon.de
This documentary follows the efforts of Abraham "Abramz" Tekya and Breakdance Project Uganda (BPU) to use dance to empower youth in war-torn Uganda. The film is a testimony of Crazy Legs of Rock Steady Crew and his experiences in the BPU program. The film features narration by Common and additional interviews with Mos Def, will.i.am and K'Naan. Also appearing in the film is Okot Jolly Grace, whose guidance enabled the filmmakers to see and understand the plight of children in northern Uganda.
Economic in style and subject, Nile Perch is an austere, contemplative apologue of Lake Victoria fishermen in Uganda. In flickering black and white, a fish is tracked from a fisherman’s line to export commodity.
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. But no one, not even the filmmakers, is prepared for the brutal murder that shakes the movement to its core and sends shock waves around the world.
- Noch keine Beschreibung / Details vorhanden. -
The documentary focuses on how future technology could significantly change the two inevitable features of the human experience: punching the clock and fading away. With advanced automation and artificial intelligence, the utopia of the end of human labor or the dystopia of widespread unemployment could not be a thing of science fiction. Scientists, engineers and academics all come together to share their thoughts on the future.
Während immer mehr Menschen weltweit gegen bestehende Systeme und Normen protestieren, dokumentiert der Film das Aufbegehren dreier junger Aktivistinnen, die im Zentrum dieser politischen Wende stehen. Ihr Kampf findet oftmals an vorderster Front statt und ist verbunden mit einem hohen Risiko. Rayen protestiert in Chile für soziale Gerechtigkeit. Pepper setzt sich in Hongkong für den Fortbestand der Demokratie ein. Und Hilda engagiert sich in Uganda gegen die verheerenden Folgen des Klimawandels. Angesichts der teils schieren Aussichtslosigkeit und der fatalen Auswirkungen ihrer politischen Arbeit auf die persönlichen Leben der drei Frauen versucht der Film zu ergründen, warum sie trotz aller Widerstände weiterkämpfen.
In the slums of Kampala, two men from opposite sides of the world come together over a shared love for America’s greatest hero: Rambo. Against all odds, the two make their own action movies with no money — and bring joy to millions of people on the internet. Welcome to “Wakaliwood.” Through comedy and kung-fu, "Once Upon a Time in Uganda" chronicles the unlikely friendship between Isaac Nabwana, a director hailed as “Africa’s Tarantino,” and Alan Hofmanis, a film programmer from New York. While Isaac tirelessly makes feature after feature, Alan brings his films to international audiences. But tensions flare as Isaac’s star rises — threatening their partnership and all of Wakaliwood.
A story of boyfriend's battle for love through perseverance. In the outskirts of Sese Island, John is madly in love with Maggie and both are willing to take their love forward. Facing abuses and harassment by malicious Maggie's father Kasirivu, John, helped by his young brother Alex is determined to take in all but to retain the love of his life especially when he finds out that he has a contender village tycoon who is also lining up for Maggie.
A Norwegian Odyssey interspersed with adventures from around the globe. Follow Max and his friends as they tackle the gnar from the glaciers of Norway to the jungles of Madagascar. Jam packed full of action and humour; narrated by television's own Tony Bilbow.
This searing drama from director Caroline Kamya follows three Ugandans as they struggle through the violence and corruption of their society, including the story of a maid (Rehema Nanfuka) forced to bribe crooked cops in order to free her sister. Other threads include a hip-hop dancer (Philip Buyi Roy) who tangles with an underworld crime lord and a former child soldier (Stephen Ocen) who journeys home to his war-torn village.
Captures an intimate's struggle for the right to love. Following a Ugandan transgender girl, forced to leave her country.
Even though he is only 15 years old, when his father is injured in a road accident Abel takes up the responsibility of manning the family 'boda boda' to provide for the family. Abel however, is always on the lookout for a shortcut and when a local hustler offers him the chance of being a snatch and grab get-away driver, he lurches headlong into a world of easy money and quick thrills.
A character-driven heartfelt story of resilience and the impact of education. The film follows Angel, Moses and Nina from the slums of Kampala, Uganda through a world tour with the Grammy-nominated African Children's Choir; stunningly shot and told through Angel, Moses and Nina's perspectives on their one shot journey from poverty to education.
An omnibus film featuring nine works by emerging filmmakers of color, Who Will Start Another Fire is the inaugural project of Dedza Films, a distribution initiative focused on showcasing underrepresented communities and the next wave of international storytellers.
The real lives of Ugandan youth struggling to create a positive future in an environment that tests every ability to survive. Nabulagala, the Kampala slum where they live, is populated with broken lives, crumbling homes, and bleak prospects. The sun’s heat suppresses emotion. Dust from the red clay cakes every surface. Malaria-carrying mosquitoes jab at unprotected skin. Homemade alcohol, glue, and other drugs, substances that offer a brief reprieve from the misery, have turned people into empty shells that occupy the shadows of this slum. Day in and day out, the next generation of Ugandans must surmount these obstacles in order to begin thinking, dreaming and hoping about the future.
Filmmaker Magoko heads to rural East Africa to understand the various traditional ceremonies and the efforts to eradicate them. She finds a community deeply divided not only along lines of age and culture. Enlightened elders lobby for the ban of the practice, others decry the loss of tradition. Among women, some seek to maintain the status quo while others flee to rescue camps. For the activists it is a clear case of basic women’s rights: circumcision is inextricably linked to early marriage and forbidden education. Who is telling the truth and what are the stakes?