Fate was a 2006 Ugandan drama feature film directed by Cindy Magara. It was "the first Kinna-Uganda directed by a woman".Kristin Alexandra Rasmussen, Kinna-Uganda: A Review of Uganda's National Cinema, Master's Thesis, San Jose State University, pp.71-2. The film tells the story of Kate Komuntale, a corporate executive in her thirties who becomes infected with HIV after marrying Ken Bagonzo, a charming but philandering intelligence officer.HIV/AIDS comes to the big screen, The New Humanitarian, 11 September 2006.
Fate was a low-budget, privately produced film.Uganda: No Country for Filmmakers , The EastAfrican, 26 May 2008. At the time, Magara was a student at Makerere University. Magara gained knowledge and tools to make the movie at Cine Club, a monthly Kampala film forum. She also travelled to Nairobi to find professional help, organizing workshops there to develop the professional skills of her cast and crew. Without government support, she raised money from family, friends and a bank loan. The movie premiered at Hotel Africana on July 30, 2006. It was also shown at the Zanzibar International Film Festival.
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