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Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole life, 'Why is my own church, my own community, rejecting me because of my sexuality?'

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

Imagine that you're a gay man, and you're spending all your time with people who believe you are possessed by the devil. Or, in the case of a lot of Ugandans, with people who believe you should be killed. Someone told me once that I'm worse than a dog, I'm the scum of the earth, so for me, it was draining.

Attractive
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Nov 07, 2020

What is so attractive about Uganda for missionaries is that they have free rein. They can go anywhere they please - schools, hospitals, the parliament.

Gay
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Nov 07, 2020

Gay Africans must speak up and let everyone know they are there, they have always been there, and that they are not going away.

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

I went to church every Sunday and sang in the choir. But for all that the church gave me - for all that it represented belonging, love and community - it also shut its doors to me as a gay person. That experience left me with the lifelong desire to explore the power of religion to transform lives or destroy them.

American
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Nov 07, 2020

The American evangelical movement in Africa does valuable work in helping the poor.

American
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Nov 07, 2020

It is important for American congregations to hold their churches accountable for what their money does in Africa.

Nov 07, 2020

I'm a recovering journalist, I should say.

Growing Up
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Nov 07, 2020

I love 'Jungle Book' and all the classics growing up, but what I learned about this is that these Disney films are basically classic fables that have been told for thousands of years.

Money
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Nov 07, 2020

All the politicians in Uganda play to their fundamentalist benefactors in America because of the flow of money.

Expectations
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Nov 07, 2020

Expectations that black directors have to make black films about black subject matter are, to me, kind of absurd.

Put
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Nov 07, 2020

As a film-maker, I certainly don't want to be put into some box.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

Even after I won the Oscar, my phone did not ring. No one called me to fund films or offer projects.

Community
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Nov 07, 2020

I felt like I was an outsider growing up in the black church, as a gay man, in a poor community.

God
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Nov 07, 2020

I began filming 'God Loves Uganda' by first meeting some of the Ugandan and American missionaries who have helped create Uganda's evangelical movement. They were often large-hearted. They were passionate and committed.

American
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Nov 07, 2020

The war against homosexuality in Uganda is fueled by the funds of American Christian missionary churches.

God
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Nov 07, 2020

I grew up in the church, and I went into the production of 'God Loves Uganda' intending to raise awareness of the abuse of religious power in Uganda, and after 30 public appearances, I have learned a lot about how people receive this sort of message.

Justice
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Nov 07, 2020

I have learned that the hardest part of campaigning for tolerance and justice is encouraging people to look at their own selves, to examine their own identity and shortcomings.

Living
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Nov 07, 2020

I made a film about a person living with a disability. Those kinds of films are often about the disability, not who a person is.

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