A documentary follows Bobi Wine on the campaign trail in 2017-21
Moses Bwayo’s and Christopher Sharp’s film also demonstrates the brutality of the Ugandan state
He always thought the camera would protect him. It did, once. Moses Bwayo was filming Bobi Wine, the Ugandan opposition leader, on the streets of Kampala when he saw a man in police uniform pointing a gun at him. It had a long, narrow barrel—the kind that fires ammunition rather than tear gas. He moved his camera in front of his eyes just in time; the rubber bullet struck his cheek. For so long, the lens had been his window on the world. Now it may have saved his sight.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “The revolution will not be televised”
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