God Loves Uganda

Film Info
Event Type:Documentaries
Release Year:2013
Run Time:83 min
Production Country:USA
Website:http://www.godlovesuganda.com/
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Roger Ross Williams
Screenwriter:Benjamin Gray
Richard Hankin
Roger Ross Williams

Description

Shorlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

A powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to change African culture with values imported from America’s Christian Right.

The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting “sexual immorality” and missionaries trying to convince Ugandans to follow Biblical law. As an American-influenced bill to make homosexuality punishable by death wins widespread support, tension in Uganda mounts and an atmosphere of murderous hatred takes hold. The film reveals the conflicting motives of faith and greed, ecstasy and egotism, among Ugandan ministers, American evangelical leaders and the foot soldiers of a theology that sees Uganda as ground zero in a battle for millions of souls.

Through verité, interviews, and hidden camera footage–and with unprecedented access–
God Loves Uganda takes viewers inside the evangelical movement in both the U.S. and Uganda.