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harshest in the world, was enacted in May and carries the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” according to NBC News.Secretary of State Anthony Blinked said the move comes with a growing consensus that Ugandan officials are responsible for, or complicit in, enacting policies aimed at repressing members of marginalized or vulnerable populations.“These groups include, but are not limited to, environmental activists, human rights defenders, journalists, LGBTQI+ persons, and civil society organizers,” said Blinken.In addition to Ugandan officials, Blinken announced officials from Zimbabwe will also be found ineligible for U.S. visas.He cited the contested August 2023 election of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, which cleared the way for the president’s second term.

Christopher Vourlias The government of Zimbabwe has banned “President,” Danish filmmaker Camilla Nielsson’s Oscar-shortlisted documentary about the African nation’s corrupt 2018 presidential election, Variety can exclusively reveal.In a letter dated June 16, the country’s censorship board slapped a ban on the Sundance prize-winning documentary, insisting that it “has the potential to incite violence” as Zimbabwe gears up for presidential elections in 2023.The filmmakers are now challenging the ruling in Zimbabwe’s constitutional court, promising a long legal battle ahead.“President” is the follow-up to Nielsson’s critically acclaimed “Democrats,” which chronicled the laborious construction of Zimbabwe’s 2013 constitution. It captures Zimbabwe at a crossroads, as it prepares for its first election since the ouster of Robert Mugabe, who was forced from power after nearly four decades in the wake of a 2017 military coup.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThandiwe Newton wants to know why the BFI London Film Festival did not accept “President,” the award-winning documentary she produced about the 2018 Zimbabwe presidential election.The Camilla Nielsson-directed film chronicles young presidential hopeful Nelson Chamisa’s unsuccessful bid to unseat Pres. Emmerson Mnangagwa, the country’s former vice president who staged a military coup that ousted decades-long dictator Robert Mugabe.