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  • Awards
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Basic facts

Original title The Pearl of Africa
Film type Feature
Category Documentary
Director
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Screenplay
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Dialogue

Plot summary

An emotional journey about hate, love and life as a transgender person in Uganda. We follow trans activist Cleo and her struggle for the right to love freely. Cleo and her boyfriend are forced...

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Companies

Production Company Story4change
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet

Plot summary

An emotional journey about hate, love and life as a transgender person in Uganda. We follow trans activist Cleo and her struggle for the right to love freely. Cleo and her boyfriend are forced to flee Uganda after being outed in one of the country's biggest media outlets.

Technical specifications

Length in minutes 90 min


Release dates

Festival showing 2017-01-27 Capitol Gothenburg Sweden 92 min Göteborg Film Festival 2017
2017-03-11 Filmstaden Söder Stockholm Sweden 85 min Tempo dokumentärfestival 2017.

Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Extent 79 s. Tidsangivelser.
Language English


Script type Dialoglista
Extent 74 s. Tidsangivelser.
Language English


Script type Peripheral material
Extent 1 s.
Language English


Script type För- och eftertexter
Extent 4 s.
Language English


Script type Musiklista
Extent 1 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Synopsis
Extent 1 s.
Language Swedish


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English



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