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THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD
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THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD
(Dir.: Patience Nitumwesiga; Uganda/South Africa/Germany/USA 2025; Original with English subtitles | DCP | 108 min.)
Dr. Stella Nyanzi is a Ugandan feminist, gender studies researcher, anthropologist, and poet. She advocates for the rights of queer people in a conservative country where homosexuality is punishable by death. After being imprisoned in 2017 for publishing a scathing poem against President Yoweri Museveni—who has been in power for nearly 40 years—she ran in the 2020 parliamentary elections to prevent him from securing a sixth term. Patience Nitumwesiga paints an intimate portrait of this activist, her great sacrifice, and Uganda’s political landscape. A struggle that remains relevant today and has been reignited by Museveni’s reelection in January 2026.
In the presence of Patience Nitumwesiga
In cooperation with: Friendensbildungswerk Köln & Pambazuka Swahili Kultur e. V. & JengaCommunity
*Translation of the film discussion into German Sign Language
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