The Pearl of Africa
The Pearl of Africa bụ ihe nkiri ndekọta nke Johnny von Wallstroem duziri, na-elekwasị anya na ndụ Cleopatra Kambugu, nwanyị a mụrụ na Uganda nke kpebiri ibi ndụ n'ihu ọha dị ka nwanyị trans[1] n'agbanyeghị ịgba ụkwụ megide mmekọrịta nwoke na nwoke nakwa nwanyị na nwanyị na mba ahụ.
Okwu ahụ bụ "Pearl of Africa" bụ nke Winston Churchill bụ onye jiri ya kọwaa osisi na anụmanụ nke Uganda.[2]
Nchịkọta na nkọwa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]N'afọ 2014, mgbe onye na-eme ihe nkiri na onye ọ hụrụ n'anya kpebiri ibi na nzuzo, Uganda wepụtara iwu homophobic; ka e mesịrị n'afọ ahụ, otu tabloid Ugandan, Red Pepper, kpughere Kambugu, nke mechara manye ndị ahụ hụrụ n' n'anya ịgbapụ Uganda. Na Sweden, onye nduzi Johnny von Wallstroem na-emepụta ihe nkiri banyere onye gbara ọsọ ndụ Uganda na-eme enyi nwoke. Otú ọ dị, onye na-eme ihe nkiri ahụ nwere ụkwụ oyi mgbe ọ na-atụ egwu na ezinụlọ ya nọ na Uganda nwere ike imerụ ahụ. Wallstroem wee gaa Uganda iji nyochaa akụkọ gbasara ndị LGBT na-agba mbọ ikwupụta onwe ha n'ihu ọha. E gosiri ya Kambugu, onye na-ala azụ na mbụ mana o kpebiri ikwupụta onwe ya na njirimara nwoke na nwanyị ya n'ihu igwefoto. Ha abụọ na-arụkọ ọrụ na mbụ na usoro weebụ nke asaa, The Pearl of Africa, nke dugara na usoro nke ịmepụta ihe ngosi.[3]
Ihe nkiri ahụ na-akọ akụkọ banyere Kambugu, onye amụrụ nwoke mana ọ gbanwere ghọọ nwanyị ọ chọrọ mgbe niile ka ọ bụrụ n'agbanyeghị ibu iro na ụjọ nke mgbanwe njirimara nwoke na nwanyị na mba ya. O metụkwara aka na mmekọrịta dị n'etiti Kambugu, onye bụ onye na-eme ihe ike na onye ọ hụrụ n'anya Nelson, nwoke kwụ ọtọ na ọgụ na ịhụnanya ha maka ibe ha.
Mbipụta
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]E gosipụtara ihe nkiri ahụ na HotDocs Festival n'ọnwa Julaị afọ 2016, na Joburg Film Festival na December 2016[4][5]
Ndensibịa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Njikọ mpụga
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Blignaut. "Radicalacts of love", City Press, May 29, 2016.
- ↑ Why Uganda is called the Pearl of Africa?. www.atta.travel. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved on 2021-01-30.
- ↑ Wise. "'Pearl of Africa' Challenges Media Stereotypes of Trans People and Africa: 'It's Not Ebola All the Time'", Variety, November 20, 2016. Retrieved on 26 March 2017.
- ↑ La Rose. "Transgender Women Find A Voice; Heart-wrenching docs humanize and universalize their stories", Barrie Examiner, July 14, 2016.
- ↑ "New Desai film locates the moment when things fell apart", Star, The, October 28, 2016.