Pearl of Africa (The)
- Director: Jonny von Wallström
- Writer: Jonny von Wallström
- Producer: Jonny von Wallström; André Wallström
CGiii Comment
A webseries that became a feature documentary!
This is going to sound mightily harsh...
If everyone in the world decided to make a film - simply - to ask for money...for whatever reason - then, we would all be rather drenched in a split second.
Yes...people, all over the world, face challenges. Yes, the LGBT community in Uganda face foul, governmental homophobia...
As a web series, it's not bad - but...as a feature documentary...
Deep reservations about this kind of 'fund-raising'.
Trailer...
The Pearl of Africa Documentary from Jonny Von Wallstrom on Vimeo.
The(ir) Blurb...
The Pearl of Africa is a story about Cleopatra Kambugu, a 28 year old Ugandan transgender girl. Biologically born male, but against all odds, transitioning into the woman she knows she was born to be. An intimate fight for love, in one of the most transphobic places in the world. Forced to leave her country and loving boyfriend behind. She sets out to fight for her right to love, and against all odds, to become the first accepted trans person in Uganda.
Cast & Characters
Cleopatra Kambugu