Catalogue Impact Days
De Patience Nitumwesiga et Patience Nitumwesiga

The Woman Who Poked The Leopard

En 2018, la Dr Stella Nyanzi a écrit un poème sur le président de l’Ouganda qui l’a conduite en prison. Elle y a refusé la libération sous caution et s’est dévêtue au tribunal lorsque son audience s’est mal déroulée. En 2020, elle a quitté la prison de haute sécurité pour femmes de Luzira avec une couronne sur la tête et une ceinture « fuck oppression » sur le corps. Peu après, elle a annoncé qu’elle se présenterait aux élections législatives.

Le film la suit tout au long d’une campagne trépidante marquée par les brutalités policières, l’excitation, la pression de ses enfants et des masses qu’elle veut délivrer de la pauvreté et de la mauvaise gouvernance. Au terme d’une campagne longue et épuisante, ses enfants sont malheureux, son amant l’a abandonnée et elle est hantée non seulement par la perte de l’élection, mais aussi par sa propre histoire. L’insécurité permanente la pousse à fuir le pays pour offrir un lieu sûr à ses enfants, laissant derrière elle son amant qui vient de renouer avec elle.

 

Section : Impact Days
Pays : Ouganda, Allemagne, Afrique du Sud
Langues originales : luganda, anglais
Réalisation
Patience Nitumwesiga
Patience Nitumwesiga (Ouganda / Tanzanie)
Production
Rosie Motene
Natalia Imaz
Patience Nitumwesiga
Natalia Imaz (Allemagne)
Rosie Motene (Afrique du Sud)
Patience Nitumwesiga (Ouganda / Tanzanie)
SHAGIKA
parabellum film
Natalia Imaz (Allemagne)
Durée
100'’
Statut de production
Post-production
Finalisé en
Novembre 2024
Impact Statement
We would like this film to inspire oppressed peoples of the world especially those on the margins of society such as women, ex-prisoners, nonbinary and queer people to find communities of support and to realise that an activist does not have to be like a superhero but can be an ordinary person like them, the way Stella Nyanzi is. Our film covers themes related to the intersection between human rights and sexuality, gender, democracy, police brutality, right to protests, right to assemble, freedom of speech, writers' rights, among others and we would like to create a global conversation about these with specific activist groups.

We want to fuel a global conversation on activism's cost for human rights defenders and activists. By celebrating ordinary everyday heroes like Stella Nyanzi, we aim to also inspire and support other activists and their families.
Impact Goals
  1. To change the narrative around African feminist voices with the aim of changing history and focusing on their story. To show marginalised communities what resilience looks like.
  2. For communities, dissidents, anti-government critics and opposition members to watch the film to see versions of themselves in the story and therefore draw comradeship and solidarity from the challenges and successes.
  3. To create conversations and find solutions to the safety of human rights defenders and create opportunities for activists who are forced to leave their homeland due to persecution.
  4. To create synergies with youth organisations for the children of human rights defenders, who are forced to live in exile, to help with culture and assimilation.
Impact Strategy
  • Create activist labs. The aim is to reimagine what an activist looks like in this day and age. We wish to demystify activism by making it inclusive through integrating different genders, non-conforming genders, and marginalised communities. Create safe labs and spaces for activists, young and old to educate, reflect and create new strategies that will align with their grassroots struggles and global spaces.
  • Connect with human rights defenders outside of Africa and exiled communities to regroup, plan and share stories
  • To support the children of the parents who are forced into exile. The aim is to assist them with culture shocks, language barriers and alienation. Organise a series of conversations between activists' children/daughters exchanging their experience (with or without their mothers/parents). - To support LGBTQI+ communities who live in homophobic countries. Provide platforms where queer people and their allies in oppressed communities can find connections across borders.
Contact
Contacts principaux
Natalia Imaz (Allemagne): imaz@parabellumfilm.de
Rosie Motene (Afrique du Sud): thewomanwhopokedtheleopard@gmail.com
Participants présents aux Impacts Days
Natalia Imaz (Allemagne)
Patience Nitumwesiga (Ouganda / Tanzanie)
Rosie Motene (Afrique du Sud)

Organisations
Defend Defenders
Anonymous
SRI
ActionAid Denmark

Film funds and agencies
DOCUBOX

Organisations
Defend Defenders
Anonymous
SRI
ActionAid Denmark

Film funds and agencies
DOCUBOX