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Film Screening and Q&A: "Mo&Me - The Story of Africa's Greatest Photojournalist" @ Goethe Zentrum Kampala

Genre : Cinema cycle | Kampala

Wednesday 29 october 2014

Times : 00:00
Contact details : Foreign Correspondents' Association of Uganda
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv, Photo, Media

As a part of the Uganda Press Photo Award 2014 we would like to invite you to a film screening of the documentary about Mohamed "Mo" Amin.

Salim Amin, son and only child of Mohamed "Mo" Amin, undertakes a journey of recollection and reflection into the life of the frequently absent, globetrotting father he loved, revered and feared. In his late teens, Mohamed Amin abandons his studies to pursue a career in photography that, over the course of thirty years, will turn him into a front-line cameraman extraordinaire - and, arguably, the most renowned photojournalist of his era. Training his candid lens across continents, Mo Amin's thirst for breaking news puts him repeatedly in harm's way - enduring weeks of torture, automatic arms fire, explosives and, ultimately, the amputation of his left arm - to become one of the most decorated news camera-man of all time. The documentary depicts Mo as an unbending, unforgiving and unapologetically rambunctious paterfamilias whose hunger for "the story" propels him to ever-greater professional heights - often at the expense of those he cherishes. The 96-minute film is underpinned by extraordinary images from the vast Amin archive.

Information / Venue


Time: 6:30pm to 9:30pm




Entrance: Free



Plot 52,Bukoto Street Kamwokya,
Kampala ( P.O Box 43 )
Uganda




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  • Guerrilla Arts
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  • Uganda Women Writers Association
  • Arts 256
  • 32º East
  • Amakula Festival

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