Directed by Kimi Takesue • 2010 • Uganda
A high-society wedding, a movie set, a beauty salon, a women’s weight-lifting competition: these are a few of the many places in Uganda visited in Kimi Takesue’s feature documentary WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME? Employing an observational style, Takesue travels from the vibrant streets of Kampala to the rural quiet of Hope North, a refuge and school for survivors of civil war. WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME? offers multifaceted portraits of Ugandans and their country, exploring the complex interplay between the observer and the observed. This cinematic journey challenges notions of the familiar and the exotic. Where are we going . . . and what will we find?
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