THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD
Germany, South Africa, Uganda, United States 2025 – Director: Patience Nitumwesiga – Original language: English – Subtitles: English, None – Length: 108 min.
Protests, poetry, and a run for parliament—the political activism of Ugandan scholar, poet, and feminist Dr. Stella Nyanzi is powerful, uncompromising, and unsettling. She is one of the leading figures in Uganda’s political opposition to President Yoweri Museveni’s decades-long autocratic rule. B.O.
Biogeaphy
Patience Nitumwesiga studied drama at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. The East African film and theater director also works as a writer, photographer, and producer. Her short films have been screened at festivals around the world. THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD is her first feature-length documentary.
Filmography
JANGU, UG, 2022, 15 Min.
HEAVEN SOUNDS BORING, UG, 2020, 23 Min.
COMMUNION, UG, 2018, 8 Min.
English/Original Title: The Woman Who Poked The Leopard. Production: Shagika (Uganda), parabellum film (Germany). Producer: Patience Nitumwesiga, Rosie Motene, Phil Wilmot, Natalia Imaz, Menzi Mhlongo. Co-Producers: Patience Nitumwesiga, Rosie Motene, Phil Wilmot, Natalia Imaz, Menzi Mhlongo.
