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Bobi Wine: The People's President

Documentary

Uganda has one the youngest populations in the world and one of its most flagrantly anti-democratic governments. These are ingredients for revolution, and Bobi Wine and his wife Barbie Kyagulanyi are stirring the pot. When the charismatic Bobi, a musician and member of parliament, announces his campaign for president, Uganda’s youth are ecstatic, filling parks and streets for every speech, and singing Bobi’s anthems… From TMDB

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  • Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2025

    Another amazing fact about this video is that the dancer in the red pants is Moses Bwayo, the Oscar-winning director of the documentary 'Bobi Wine: The People's President.' I worked with Moses and Zohran on Mira Nair's film 'Queen Of Katwe.' I had an extraordinary time in Kampala with those guys.

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  • Sophie Neiman @sophie-neiman.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 23, 2024

    This year, a film about Bobi Wine’s 2021 presidential campaign was nominated for an Oscar. Amidst celebrations, Wine spoke about ongoing challenges. “The more our story is out there, the more we are able to live and see the sun the following day,” he said. www.aljazeera.com/amp/features....

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  • Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2024

    At Bowdoin College this week we were lucky enough to host Moses Bwayo, director of BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT. A sobering documentary about Uganda. Moses participated in several small discussions w/ history, film, anthropology students. Great two days, we are grateful for his time!

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  • Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 26, 2025

    “Bobi Wine: The People’s President” (film documentary) is helpful to discuss the role of elections in autocracies in my African Pols class.

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  • Melissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 12, 2024

    Ugandan pop star-turned-opposition leader #BobiWine is at the heart of a documentary that charts his electoral challenge to long-time ruler #YoweriMuseveni. The film was nominated for an #Oscar and is now shown in the US: www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...

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  • Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 3, 2024

    Oscar nominated documentary film "Bobi Wine: The People's President" "Ugandan opposition leader, activist and musical star Bobi Wine uses his music to fight the regime led by Yoweri Museveni, who's led the country for 35 years, and runs in the 2021 presidential election." Full Film

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  • Melissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 13, 2025

    My piece from last year on the film on Bobi Wine: www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...

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  • Matthew Spence 🇨🇦 @thesethoughtsmyown.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2024

    Here is my review of Bobi Wine: The People's President which chronicled the musician turned politician's campaign to defeat incumbent Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. This was an incredible film, and I highly recommend it. open.substack.com/pub/thesetho...

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  • Tero Kankaanperä @terokankaanpera.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2024

    Oscar nomination gives Bobi Wine new hope of toppling Uganda’s regime After years of repression, a film about Bobi Wine’s heroic stand against Yoweri Museveni has given new life to the opposition www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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  • Bongolian @[email protected]Mastodon · Aug 4, 2023

    G. Allen Johnson Review: A Ugandan reggae artist challenges a dictator in Nat Geo documentary, "Bobi Wine: The People’s President" #bobiwine #uganda #nationalgeographic #yowerimuseveni #authoritarianism #dictatorship https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/bobi-wine-uganda-documentary-18269104

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  • Sarah W @ca-blue.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 24, 2025

    Correction - Oscar-*nominated* filmmaker. He has been awarded a Peabody and International Documentary Association (IDA) award for the film Bobi Wine. Either way, he is doing great work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Leqt...

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  • CinemaSerf @Geronimo1967TMDB reviews · Feb 1, 2024

    You can clearly see the Bob Marley inspiration behind the music and lyrics of this eponymous Ugandan activist who was elected to their Parliament in 2017. Sworn in, it is soon clear that this man has an agenda to challenge the (at this stage) thirty year presidency of the almost seventy-five year old Yoweri Museveni who has been a dominant force in politics since the overthrow of the Amin regime in 1979. Wine is an erudite and compelling politician whose candid style of presentation, allied…

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  • Sim Barr @[email protected]Mastodon · Jan 26, 2024

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #Oscar nominated #Documentary #streaming on #Hulu #BobiWine: #ThePeoplesPresident (2022) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21376900/

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  • Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 26, 2023

    Oscar-shortlisted documentary Bobi Wine: The People’s President goes inside a Ugandan election campaign www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/bobi-...

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  • ilikefilmme.bsky.social @ilikefilmme.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 10, 2023

    📽️ Bobi Wine: The People’s President documentary which has 3 nominations at the 2023 British Independent Film Awards. BIFA 2023 support indie film.

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