The Critical Room: Family under pressure
After the screening, Stella Nyanzi’s daughter Baraka Bah and producer Phil Wilmot will join moderator Eunice Schumacher for a conversation about Uganda and what it is like to grow up as the child of an activist.
Life as an activist in an authoritarian, undemocratic country is challenging, to say the least. Stella Nyanzi has experienced this firsthand through her tireless work in her home country of Uganda. Having a family to consider makes that work even harder.
After the screening, Stella Nyanzi’s daughter Baraka Bah and producer Phil Wilmot will join moderator Eunice Schumacher for a conversation about Uganda and what it is like to grow up as the child of an activist.
Panelists
Baraka Bah – Stella Nyanzi’s eldest child. She plays a central role in the film The Woman Who Poked the Leopard.
Phil Wilmot – One of the film’s three producers. Together with his wife, Suzan, and a group of Ugandan activists, he founded Solidarity Uganda, an organization that works to bring about change in the country through nonviolent means.
Moderator: Eunice Schumacher – An architect who studied at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design and in her home country, Uganda. She is a curator at the National Museum and founded the organization My African Aesthetic.
About the film
The story follows the strong-willed human rights activist and feminist Stella Nyanzi, who uses her voice to challenge Uganda’s president. But challenging the authorities has consequences.
The event is a collaboration with Norsk PEN.
