Bobi Wine: The People's President, previously titled Bobi Wine: Ghetto President, is a 2022 Ugandan-British-American documentary film written and directed by Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo. It chronicles the presidential campaign of popular Ugandan singer and opposition leader Bobi Wine as he challenged long-time ruler Yoweri Museveni. The film won a Peabody Award at the 84th ceremony for "offering up a frank and urgent Portrait of an African artist driven to champion the power of the people in the face of a ruling class who'd rather silence him." It premiered out of competition at the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival. It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
Release This film was selected to be screened out of competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 1 September 2022. National Geographic, in partnership with Variance Films, gave the film a limited theatrical release beginning in New York and Los Angeles on 28 July 2023.
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Critical response Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
Awards and nominations Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Academy Awards 10 March 2024 Best Documentary Feature Film Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek Cinema for Peace Awards19 February 2024Political Film of the Year 2024Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John BattsekBritish Independent Film Awards 3 December 2023 Best Documentary Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo, John Battsek Best Editing Paul Carlin Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary Christopher Sharp IDA Documentary Awards 12 December 2023 Best Feature Documentary Bobi Wine: The People's President Peabody Awards June 9, 2024 "Offering up a frank and urgent portrait of an African artist driven to champion the power of the people in the face of a ruling class who’d rather silence him" Bobi Wine: The People's President
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