God Loves Uganda

Released Oct 11, 2013

1h 30m

Documentary

LGBTQ+

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100%

29 Reviews

Tomatometer

77%

2,500+ Ratings

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Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams explores the role of American religious extremists in Uganda, as a bill to make homosexuality punishable by death in that country gains a strong foothold.

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The good thing about this movie is that it let's those being interviewed to share their view without any interference. It's true that we all have our own biases and I'm pretty the film makers had theirs, yet they seem to be as impartial as they could be. They aren't unfair to IHOP and they give time to a variety of Uganda church leaders to share their views. The only criticisms I'll give it is that they could have interviewed some American Christians who would have been opposed to what IHOP are doing, and they could have interviewed some Ugandan politicians. But all in all it's a wonderfully shot film and worth seeing whatever your views are on the subject.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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this is propaganda I never herd of a Christian wishing death penalty for homosexuals but yes preach against it and that offends the lesbian gay trans rights group so they attack relegion

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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This was disturbing to me on so many levels. As someone who was raised Southern Baptist, I recognize the earnest desire among the young people on the mission trip to Africa to bring people to Christ, yet I also see the blindness when it comes to the poverty there. The lack of separation between church and state is also terrifying. How many evangelicals would like to see a Muslim leader creating laws regulating morality? And yet, no one seems to have a problem with laws codifying Christianity as the law of the land. A truly thought-provoking documentary.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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An extremely well done documentary that shines a light on just how immoral it is to try and convert an entire nation on the basis of compassion.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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I was shocked. I’m not surprised because I watch the news. America did this is something that we really should look back on.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/21/18

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Tragic and shocking. And absolute watch for religious and atheists alike. Should force you to rethink fundamentalism for all religions.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Roger Ross Williams

Director

Scott Lively

Actor

Roger Ross Williams

Writer

Benjamin Gray

Writer

Richard Hankin

Writer

Mette Hoffman

Executive Producer

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

The moment could not be any timelier for this movie.

Rated: 3.5/5

Feb 27, 2014

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Linda Barnard

Toronto Star

God Loves Uganda charts the rise in persecution and intolerance in the African nation as America's Christian right takes its anti-gay fight to new territory.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 21, 2013

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David Lewis

San Francisco Chronicle

Watching this film will leave you with some dispiriting questions about America and its values.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 31, 2013

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Bernard Boo

Way Too Indie

Williams' eye-opening doc reveals the truth about the origins of the Ugandan anti-gay movement and the army of American evangelicals who imported it.

Rated: 8.4/10

Apr 9, 2019

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Richard Knight

Windy City Times

A vitally important film that hopefully will also serve as a reminder to the U.S. LGBTQ movement that complacency about our hard-won freedoms is far from being a global thing. Far from it.

Jun 28, 2014

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Jay Stone

Canada.com

The depiction of moral imperialism is frightening and infuriating.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 6, 2014

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams explores the role of American religious extremists in Uganda, as a bill to make homosexuality punishable by death in that country gains a strong foothold.

Director: Roger Ross Williams
Producer: Mette Hoffman
Screenwriter: Roger Ross Williams, Benjamin Gray, Richard Hankin
Distributor: Variance Films
Production Co: Full Credit Productions, Motto Pictures
Genre: Documentary, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 11, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 11, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $48.0K
Runtime: 1h 30m