Uhuru Film

Synopsis

For years the disabled population of Tanzania has been treated with a stigmatisation that has ostracised them from the rest of the country. They have been refused the right to an education, hidden by family, overlooked by government care and legislation, threatened with physical harm and murder, but most of all denied the freedom to instigate change. The Mara district has the highest percentage of people with disability in the country, here, a group of people with a variety of impairments discuss the conditions that they experience daily.

Glasgow-based director Tom Gentle and producer Harry Truman will be present for a Q&A after the screening.