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Windows of Hope

  • Windows of Hope
Genre : Drama
Type : Docu-drama
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2011
Format : Feature
Running time : 135 (in minutes)
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When the thin line between love and hate gets blurred for Alinda (Nyakake Harriet) and Nyanzi (Akwehaire Steven), their child Barugahara (Itwara Anthony) feels the pain. He is rejected, unloved; uncared for and robbed of his inheritance. Barugahara courageously faces life only keeping hope alive…How does he consider his relatives when he becomes very successful?

Summary for official catalogues

Alinda is thrown out of the house after being abandoned with a young child (Barugahara) by a constable boyfriend. She is chased from home by her irate father to look for Barugahara's relatives because, he is a boy and according to culture, he must grow with his kinsmen. She fortunately finds his grand farther. At his paternal home, Barugahara is humiliated and rejected by his father and relative after the death of his grandfather. He is robbed of his inheritance and is abandoned. Barugahara struggles with life to become someone to reckon with.

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

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