The Goal is to Actually Change Something
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Around the world, transgender people are discriminated, harassed and killed because of showing their sexual identity. Our goal with this documentary is to actually change something. We want to bring up the voice of a black transgender woman. Showing what her life is like and what her dreams are. A personal story of how hatred has […]
Have You Watched The Trailer?
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It has now been 4 days since we release the trailer. We have so far received good response from the people we talked to, which is great! You can watch it here if you haven´t seen it. The time really passes and we are soon releasing the first episode of The Pearl Of Africa. Why […]
Visiting the Swedish Forum for Human Rights
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Last weekend we drove up to Umeå, a city in north of Sweden. We were going to host a seminar at MR-dagarna, Scandinavia´s largest human rights venue. It was an 8 hour drive from our office. We went on Thursday and was going to host a seminar on Friday, showing a preview of the upcoming […]
Interview with The Pearl of Africa Filmmaker Jonny von Wallström
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This is the first in a series of interviews with people from the International LGBTI and Transgender communities, from Uganda to the United States, from activists, authors and others concerned about the civil and human rights, the politics, the everyday lives, the stories of LGBTI people around the world. Filmmaker Jonny von Wallström, who produced […]
Interview with The Pearl of Africa Filmmaker Jonny von Wallström, Part V – Conclusion
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Q: Since President Museveni signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, does this affect your plans at all? Jonny: It makes it much more dangerous to make this film. Both for Cleo and me. But it does give me an even stronger reason to make the film. It will definitely affect the story, but since the future hasn’t […]
Interview with Filmmaker Jonny von Wallström, Part IV
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Q: Your movie Zero Silence was called visionary because it foresaw the importance of and the potential for major political change generated through social media in the Middle East. With The Pearl of Africa you are once again thinking outside the box by fundraising for Cleo’s gender confirmation surgery, then following and filming her through […]
The Pearl of Africa Interview with Jonny von Wallström Part II
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In Part II of our interview with filmmaker Jonny von Wallström, he talks about earning the trust of Ugandan transgender woman Cleo K., the subject of his newest film, The Pearl of Africa. Q: How did you connect with Cleo? Jonny: While I was researching doing a project focused on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Kampala, […]