Where Are You Taking Me?

Uganda · 2012
1h 12m
Director Kimi Takesue
Starring
Genre

A high society wedding, bustling city streets, a center for former child soldiers, a nightclub full of music and laughter: these are the many faces of today's Uganda, as wonderfully captured by filmmaker Kimi Takesue. Documenting Uganda while it deals with day-to-day realities and the aftermath of its civil wars, Takesue, well aware of her perspective as an outsider, strives for simple, unadorned honesty.

What are critics saying?

Village Voice by

Takesue doesn't presume to tell anyone's story for him or her, but rather lets the activity on-screen speak for itself.

Time Out by Eric Hynes

The only time a subject directly addresses Takesue, it's with a doozy of a query: "Why are you taking my story to USA, New York?" The answer is as complex as the film itself, and as simple as deciding to not look away.

100

Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer

By holding the shot, as she so often does in this film, Takesue is encouraging audiences to take a deep, long look at things they might otherwise miss.

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