Call Me Kuchu

2013 • 85 minutes
2.8
9 reviews
98%
Tomatometer
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About this movie

In an unmarked office at the end of a dirt track, veteran activist David Kato labors to repeal Uganda's homophobic laws and liberate his fellow lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender men and women, or 'kuchus.' But David's formidable task just became more difficult. A new 'Anti-Homosexuality Bill' 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 'homosexual agenda,' the bill awaits debate in Uganda's Parliament. Meanwhile, local newspapers have begun outing kuchus with vicious fervor. David, Uganda's first openly gay man, is one of few who dare to publicly protest state-sanctioned homophobia. Working with an idiosyncratic clan of fellow activists, including retired Anglican Bishop Christopher Senyonjo, David fights Uganda's government and tabloids in the courts, on television, and at the United Nations. Because, he insists, 'if we keep on hiding, they will say we're not here.' But no one is prepared for the brutal murder that shakes the movement to its core and sends shock waves around the world. 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, and whose memory has inspired a new generation of human rights advocates.

Ratings and reviews

2.8
9 reviews
C.J. Johnson
July 10, 2014
truly heartbreaking yet inspiring. i couldn't help but cry and be absolutely appalled at the audacity of those people at David's funeral, saying those hateful things. Acting like his death was from natural causes that happened so suddenly, it was too bad he didn't get a chance to repent before he died! If those are the virtues of true Christians, I'd rather be a Hedonist...hell, even Satanist. I was unaware that extreme piousness and righteousness has the unfortunate side effect of causing the people to become so ugly inside, keeps their minds trapped in the gutter and focused on other peoples genitals and what those people are doing with them. It also turns their tongues to guns with hair triggers that shoot sharp blades covered in acid, making them incapable of seeing what the "kind words" they use to share Jesus' "love" really are. So quick to speak judgement and death and inflict pain on another in the name of some god. Smug in the ignorance of the other, more subtle message they are sending by usurping their benevolent all powerful sky daddy's role as the sole ruler and judge. Such infuriating comical farce of a religion.
Edita Mae
May 7, 2020
It's a very good documentary.