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Where Are You Taking Me.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 11763288 | KanopyPublisher: New Day Films, 2010Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (72 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
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  • computer
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  • online resource
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Summary: In this mesmerizing, poetic journey through contemporary Uganda, award-winning filmmaker Kimi Takesue travels through the vibrant streets of Kampala to the rural quiet of Hope North, a refuge and school for survivors of civil war. Filmed in a vivid observational style, the documentary offers fascinating glimpses of everyday life in Uganda, including a high-society wedding, a movie shoot, a women’s weightlifting competition, and a vee-jay translating a Bruce Lee film. WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME? explores the interplay between the observer and the observed and questions notions of the familiar and the “exotic.” By interrogating the outsider’s gaze, this memorable documentary confronts the challenges of cross-cultural representation.
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In this mesmerizing, poetic journey through contemporary Uganda, award-winning filmmaker Kimi Takesue travels through the vibrant streets of Kampala to the rural quiet of Hope North, a refuge and school for survivors of civil war. Filmed in a vivid observational style, the documentary offers fascinating glimpses of everyday life in Uganda, including a high-society wedding, a movie shoot, a women’s weightlifting competition, and a vee-jay translating a Bruce Lee film. WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME? explores the interplay between the observer and the observed and questions notions of the familiar and the “exotic.” By interrogating the outsider’s gaze, this memorable documentary confronts the challenges of cross-cultural representation.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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