Call Me Kuchu
Cinedigm | Release Date: June 14, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
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Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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90
NPRElla TaylorJun 14, 2013
Horrific and uplifting. Read full review
90
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJun 13, 2013
This is a scary but inspiring film with real heroes and villains. Read full review
90
Village VoiceErnest HardyJun 11, 2013
What makes Kuchu work as taut agitprop, and ultimately to devastating emotional effect, is that Wright and Zouhali-Worrall allow the enormity of the film's political concerns to be telegraphed through the stories, experiences, and astute analysis of ordinary queer folk and their hetero allies. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyJun 20, 2013
The civil rights arguments and the activism are handled in remarkably objective fashion, though it is no mystery where the directors' sentiments lie. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJun 13, 2013
A deeply dispiriting portrait of the systemic persecution of the LGBT community in Uganda, the country that seems to be ground zero for homophobia. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJun 13, 2013
The very best — and, alas, the very worst — of human nature is captured in this heartbreaking and inspiring documentary. Read full review
80
Time OutSam AdamsJun 11, 2013
It’s hard to imagine a figure more courageous than activist David Kato: an out gay man—Uganda’s first, he says — who lives in constant peril from both private citizens and a government that wants to make homosexuality punishable by hanging. Read full review
80
VarietyRobert KoehlerMay 30, 2013
While a local filmmaker’s perspective may have brought more dimensions, the coverage of events here is impressive and on the mark. Read full review
80
EmpireDavid ParkinsonMay 30, 2013
As angry and unflinching a piece of documentary filmmaking as you'll see this year. Read full review
80
Total FilmCarmen GrayMay 30, 2013
A timely, gut-wrenching but ultimately hopeful work. Read full review
80
Time Out LondonBen WaltersMay 30, 2013
The struggle for LGBT rights in Uganda might sound like a dry or distant subject. It’s the achievement of Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall’s shocking, moving, enthralling and enraging doc to make it lively and urgent. Read full review
80
The GuardianSteve RoseMay 30, 2013
The film-makers have turned what could have been a detached news report into a moving human tragedy. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Geoff PevereAug 15, 2013
Even in death, Kato has been harassed. In one of this movie’s many unsettling scenes, a pastor interrupts his funeral to condemn the dead man to eternal damnation. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneJun 10, 2013
The film provides welcome context for the semi-hysteria that recently took over the U.S. media in regard to Uganda's "Kill the Gays" bill. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloJun 12, 2013
Apart from its laudable goal of raising awareness, the film doesn’t have much to offer. Read full review
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