{"id":16888,"date":"2020-05-11T12:02:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T16:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.cinemapolitica.org\/film\/call-me-kuchu\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:48:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T15:48:18","slug":"call-me-kuchu","status":"publish","type":"film","link":"https:\/\/www.cinemapolitica.org\/fr\/film\/call-me-kuchu\/","title":{"rendered":"Call me Kuchu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>In an unmarked office at the end of a dirt track, veteran activist David Kato labors to repeal Uganda\u2019s homophobic laws and liberate his fellow lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender men and women, or \u201ckuchus.\u201d But David\u2019s formidable task just became much more difficult. A new \u201cAnti-Homosexuality Bill\u201d proposes death for HIV-positive gay men, and prison for anyone who fails to turn in a known homosexual. Inspired by American evangelicals who have christened Uganda ground zero in their war on the \u201chomosexual agenda,\u201d the Bill awaits debate in Uganda\u2019s Parliament. Meanwhile, local newspapers have begun outing kuchus with vicious fervor under headlines such as: \u201cHOMO TERROR! We Name and Shame Top Gays in the City.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>David, Uganda\u2019s first openly gay man, is one of the few who dare to publicly protest state-sanctioned homophobia. Working with an idiosyncratic clan of fellow activists, David fights Uganda\u2019s government and tabloids in the courts, on television, and at the United Nations. Because, he insists, \u201cif we keep on hiding, they will say we\u2019re not here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>David, Uganda\u2019s first openly gay man, is one of the few who dare to publicly protest state-sanctioned homophobia. Working with an idiosyncratic clan of fellow activists, David fights Uganda\u2019s government and tabloids in the courts, on television, and at the United Nations. Because, he insists, \u201cif we keep on hiding, they will say we\u2019re not here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>But one year into filming CALL ME KUCHU and just three weeks after a landmark legal victory, on January 26, 2011, the unthinkable happens: David is brutally murdered in his home. His death sends shock waves around the world, and leaves Kampala\u2019s kuchus traumatized and seeking answers for a way forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With unprecedented access, CALL ME KUCHU depicts the last year in the life of a courageous, quick-witted and steadfast man whose wisdom and achievements were not fully recognized until after his death. 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