Bobi Wine: The People's President

Name: Bobi Wine: The People's President
Genre: Documentary
Released: July 28, 2023
Duration: 121 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Barbie Kyagulanyi, Bobi Wine

2023

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National Geographic Documentary Films | Release Date: July 28, 2023 | PG-13

Starring: Barbie Kyagulanyi, Bobi Wine

Summary: In Uganda’s 2021 presidential election, music star, activist and opposition leader Bobi Wine, together with his wife Barbie, rallies his people in a dangerous fight for freedom from President Museveni’s oppressive 35-year regime.

Director: Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 121 min

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The Playlist Nick Allen

Feb 13, 2024

This is a profile of unfathomable courage that deserves to be seen, in part to honor those who supported the film’s supply of footage and cannot be listed in the credits for fear of repercussion. It is a testament to not giving up and the strength of a people united—not just by a song, but by a deep belief in a just future. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Sep 3, 2023

It’s a gripping piece of film-making: a propulsive, kinetic account of a grassroots campaign captured at what would seem to be considerable personal risk to both the subject and directors. And as a snapshot of a curdled, corrupted political system, it is eye-opening and at times genuinely terrifying. Read full review

Allan Hunter

Feb 13, 2024

Bobi Wine is an intimate portrait of a hugely engaging figure that also serves as a sobering warning about the seeming impossibility of democratic change in a dictatorship. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brandon David Wilson

Jul 28, 2023

It will only take a few seconds on Google to tell you how this election ends, but what only the film can do is show you how Bobi Wine evolves into a powerful spokesman for democratic values as he tries to save Uganda from autocracy. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Aug 3, 2023

Aside from its scintillating title character, Bobi Wine: The People’s President is valuable because it stands as a clarion call against authoritarianism. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Feb 13, 2024

That current of feeling and conviction is what powers the doc through some uneven construction. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Jul 27, 2023

The documentary’s raw material arguably could have yielded a more powerful fit with a tighter edit. Nevertheless, this is a mostly engaging portrait. Read full review

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