It is quite a task watching a movie like this, that aims to expose the extent to which power in the hands of an authoritarian can corrupt everything it touches, as it plays not too different to everything happening here in Sri Lanka.
Fighting against corruption and the decades long rule of Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni is local pop star Bobi Wine, documenting his political journey - from novice to being seen as a legitimate threat to the existing regime and the horrifying consequences it brings with it, not just for him, but his family as well as all those around him. It is definitely a frustrating watch as the helplessness and injustice is as universal a language as any other.
A movie about political dissent towards an existing authoritarian regime willing to stay in power through any means necessary (reminding me of last year's "Navalny" and his assassination), the movie is both prophetic as well as a textbook demonstration of greed, corruption and autocracy. "Bobi Wine: The People's President" is a powerful movie and a strangely hopeful one at that too.
Fighting against corruption and the decades long rule of Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni is local pop star Bobi Wine, documenting his political journey - from novice to being seen as a legitimate threat to the existing regime and the horrifying consequences it brings with it, not just for him, but his family as well as all those around him. It is definitely a frustrating watch as the helplessness and injustice is as universal a language as any other.
A movie about political dissent towards an existing authoritarian regime willing to stay in power through any means necessary (reminding me of last year's "Navalny" and his assassination), the movie is both prophetic as well as a textbook demonstration of greed, corruption and autocracy. "Bobi Wine: The People's President" is a powerful movie and a strangely hopeful one at that too.