Patience Nitumwesiga

Despite fearing for her life, Ugandan medical anthropologist, poet, and queer rights activist Stella Nyanzi confronts the authoritarian rule of President Yoweri Museveni in Uganda through provocative poetry, “radical rudeness,” and acts of defiant protest. After being arrested and imprisoned for criticizing the government, she refuses to be silenced and continues her fight for political change and LGBTQ+ rights. Following Nyanzi through her activism, imprisonment, and political ambitions, the film also reveals the personal cost of her outspoken struggle, exploring how her fierce public battles and powerful personality affect the lives of her children and family while offering a broader portrait of contemporary Uganda.

Two sisters bar hopping on a Friday night are robbed by their cab driver. Left on the curb with no phones and no money, they decide to walk home. But they're in heels and skimpy clothes, and the streets are not safe at midnight. They are enticed to go to a witch's parlor on their way, to get one wish granted in order to reach home safely. While at the witch's place, they deliberate on many options and finally settle to wish for three hours of no men in their town, until they reach home. Their wish is granted and they are sent home through a door to an alternate universe in which there are no men. However, the girls get greedy when they reach home and decide to extend the hours through which their town can go without men, unaware of the consequences they are causing to their reality. When they finally return to reality, they realize that the Witch tricked them and has harvested all the souls of the men in their town.

A father and his 7-year-old daughter desperately hold onto each other and their faiths when they realise they may never see each other again. Both Christianity and African tradition offer dead ends to their limitless questions.