How Ugandan Musician Bobi Wine Fights Tyranny With Love
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor Documentary “Bobi Wine: Ghetto President” centers on a man’s pursuit of freedom and justice for his country, but at the film’s heart is a love story.
Variety speaks to the filmmakers. The film, directed by Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo, and produced by Sharp and Oscar-winner John Battsek, follows the attempt by musician Bobi Wine to topple the repressive regime of Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni.
Sharp has a personal connection to Uganda: both his father and he were born there, and he spent a large part of his childhood in the country.
He met Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, in 2017, just after the musician had become a Member of Parliament. “I was just bowled over by him: his optimism, his determination, his bravery.
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