God Loves Uganda

A film by Roger Ross Williams

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With God Loves Uganda, Academy Award—winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams (Music by Prudence) explores the role of the American Evangelical movement in fueling Uganda’s terrifying turn towards biblical law and the proposed death penalty for homosexuality. Thanks to charismatic religious leaders and a well—financed campaign, these draconian new laws and the politicians that peddle them are winning over the Ugandan public. But these dangerous policies and the money that fuels them aren’t coming from Africa; they’re being imported from some of America’s largest megachurches.

Using verite, interviews, and hidden camera footage, the film allows American religious leaders and their young missionaries that make up the “front lines in a battle for billions of souls” to explain their positions in their own words. Shocking and enlightening, touching and horrifying, God Loves Uganda will leave you questioning just how closely this brand of Christianity resembles the one you think you know.

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Director

Roger Ross Williams

Producer

Julie Goldman and Roger Ross Williams

Runtime

83 Minutes

Rights Represented

International Rights

Captions Available

English

Language

English

Press

“Roger Ross Williams’ forceful polemic succeeds to a startling degree, rightly decrying the use of the gospel to incite homophobia, and allowing the most fervent interviewees to damn themselves with their own proselytizing words. It’s strong, head-shaking stuff…”

- Variety

“Williams is to be commended not only for his filmmaking skill, but also for pulling back the curtain on a most disturbing situation.”

- The Hollywood Reporter

“A searing look at the role of American evangelical missionaries in the persecution of gay Africans.”

- The New York Times
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Festival & Awards

Official Selection – SUNDANCE Film Festival
Official Selection – HOT DOCS Film Festival
Official Selection – FULL FRAME Film Festival

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