After premiering back in 2012 at the Berlin International Film Festival, Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall‘s acclaimed documentary Call Me Kuchu is finally arriving in theaters this summer. Currently sitting at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, our friend Matt Patches was able to see the film last year at Hamptons Film Festival and makes a convincing argument on Hollywood.com, saying, “No documentary in recent memory has been able to capture both the achievements and failures of modern humanity as well as Call Me Kuchu, a fascinating and gut-wrenching look into Uganda’s campaign to outlaw homosexuality.” Check out the emotional, riveting trailer and poster below ahead of a release next month.
Synopsis:
In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato—Uganda’s first openly gay man—along with retired Anglican Bishop Christopher Senyonjo and his fellow activists work against the clock to defeat the legislation while combatting vicious persecution in their daily lives. But no one, not even the filmmakers, can be prepared for the brutal murder that shakes the movement to its core and sends shock waves around the world.
Call Me Kuchu opens on June 14th.