FULL SYNOPSIS
American filmmaker Kimi Takesue travels to Uganda and presents an eclectic sampling of what she finds in this documentary. Kampala is a large city in Northern Uganda that has been scarred by poverty, unrest and the aftermath of the nation's civil war, but when Takesue arrived with her camera, she was determined to approach people on their own level and record whatever she found honestly. In Where Are You Taking Me?, Takesue is offered a job videotaping a wedding not long after she arrives -- and we see her at the reception, filming the partiers at what's considered a fancy wedding in Uganda. For seventy minutes, Takesue travels through Kampala with actor and activist Sam Okello as her guide, talking with musicians and artists, taking in hip-hop shows at underground nightclubs, visiting a school for former child soldiers eager to return to a normal life, and chatting with people on the streets. Where Are You Taking Me? was produced under a commission from the Rotterdam International Film Festival as part of a program on contemporary African film. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Release date:March 2, 2012