A tender yet radical portrait of the struggle of a Ugandan activist, where arguments are no longer enough. Poetry and the exposed female body become instruments of resistance.
Poet, feminist, and academic Stella Nyanzi is arrested for insulting Uganda’s president and dictator, Yoweri Museveni. While in prison, she endures humiliation and torture. Two years later, she decides to run for parliament, hoping to prevent Museveni from securing a sixth presidential term. Her campaign, undermined by the ruling power, is interwoven in the film with archival footage of political repression and intimate scenes from her family life. The result is a layered mosaic of political activism, where the personal dimension is every bit as compelling as the societal one.
