Leaving Africa (Long version) | Full documentary - by Iiris Härmä (2015)

Описание: Finnish Riitta and Ugandan Catherine have something in common; work, a shared home and a sense of humour. Riitta has been working in aid work in Uganda for more than 25 years, and soon it is time for her to retire and to return to Finland. Before that, Riitta and Catherine will invite religious leaders to a course in which they challenge the priests and the imams to a straightforward, taboo-breaking discussion on women’s right to their bodies and life.

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In the workshop, awakenings happen and we’ll get to know better some of the participants whose life the training change. One participant of the workshop is 33-year-old Daizy who is an offertory collector in the Catholic Church. Daizy lives with her eight biological children and five orphans.
In the workshop, her beliefs are challenged and the very first thing is that she is going to give education to her five teenage girls and put her husband in order.

In the middle of their work, Riitta and Kata find themselves trapped in a chain of tricky events caused by anonymous allegation letter, addressed to Ugandan Parliament. Letter accuse that they are organising workshops that promote and recruit children to homosexuality. The letter threatens their working licence in Uganda and soon they find out that someone is blackmailing them. The accusation and blackmailing are destroying Riitta's and Kata's life's work and may leave a bitter legacy.

Leaving Africa is a film about the quest for gender equality in Africa and the world's greatest challenge - mitigating the population explosion. The film reveals also the value, content and challenges of development co-operation.

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