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Leaving Africa

Leaving Africa

"A story about friendship and empowerment"

Riitta and Catherine live together in Uganda. By day the two sixtysomethings provide sexual health and equality education for Catholics, Muslims and Anglicans alike. By night they smoke, do crosswords and don’t shy away from frank discussions. Riitta's long career empowering women in Africa is coming to a close, but Ugandan government is trying their best to shut down their sex-ed program during her last months in Africa.

Release DateJanuary 26, 2015
StatusReleased
Original TitleHyvästi Afrikka
Runtime1h 24min
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LanguageEnglish, Finnish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUganda, Finland
Production CompaniesGuerilla Films