THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD

Credits

Name: THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD

Country: Uganda/SA/DE/USA

Year of publication: 2025

Format: DCP

Format Canvas:

Color: color

Language : OmeU

Duration: 108 Minuten

Series: 23. Afrika Film Festival Köln

Direction: Nitumwesigas, Patience

Abstract

Dr. Stella Nyanzi is a Ugandan feminist, gender studies researcher, anthropologist and poet. She campaigns for the rights of queer people in a conservative country where homosexuality is punishable by death. Imprisoned in 2017 following the publication of a virulent poem criticising president Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power for nearly 40 years, she ran in the 2020 parliamentary elections in an attempt to prevent his sixth term. In THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD, Patience Nitumwesiga offers an intimate portrait of this activist, her heavy price, and the Ugandan political landscape. A struggle still ongoing, reignited by Museveni’s re-election in January 2026.