As many know, Uganda is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be gay, and It’s not just the attempts to make ‘aggravated’ homosexuality a capital offence that have made it sobad. It’s also a society that from the ground up absolutely condemns LGBT people, to the point a newspaper infamously printed the names and pictures of people it alleged to be gay, knowing that it put their lives in danger.
Indeed, as Out reports, Ugandan Filmmaker and Activist Kamoga Hassan attempted to make a film about one of those people, but it ‘lost its entire initial cast because the themes were too controversial’. Thankfully he eventually completed it and ‘Outed’ became a festival success. Now though he’s hoping to making another film, Where Is Home?, about LGBT Ugandan asylum seekers. He’s seeking $3,000 to ‘obtain the proper video equipment to facilitate the interviews as well as the shots of Uganda to capture the themes of this story’, which Kamoga hopes to buy this month before his return to Uganda.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘From Filmmaker and Human Rights Activist Kamoga Hassan comes a new documentary film. “Where is Home?” follows the stories of LGBT Ugandans seeking asylum in foreign countries to escape the persecution they face in their own.
‘“Where is home?” explores what is left behind when you have to leave everything you’ve known because of who you are. It is estimated that the plight of persecution of LGBT throughout the world has left hundreds fleeing their communities to seek a life in a more open society where they hope to be accepted for who they are.
‘“Where is home?” explores the triumphs and joys of being accepted into a new society but also contrasts the struggles of home sickness and cultural identity asking the ultimate question “Where is home?”’
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