Wednesday, 22 August 2018

REHEMA

 

Today at the Rotaract Club of Bukoto
 
Rehema; A love story about a Muslim young woman in Uganda who fights for her right to choose her own lover over a forced marriage.
Rehema is Ugandan film directed by Allan Manzi based upon a screenplay by Usama Mukway starring Juliet Zansaanze, Raymond Rushabiro and Ismael Ssesanga. 

The film premiered at the 38th Durban International Film Festival in South Africa. The film held a special screening at the 4th Edition of the Euro-Uganda Film Festival on 17 June, 2018 courtesy of the British Council.

About Allan Manzi

Allan is a New York City based Ugandan film director, with over 20 film productions to his name. Some, like Meet Mario and Broken Change, made the official selection at various film festivals like the Hoboken International Film Festival at which Meet Mario won the best short film award. He has worked for NBC Universal New York, and on Netflix's Emmy winning show 'Master of None', and now runs his own production company, ManziMedia.