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National
Theatre to Show Vagina Monologues Documentary
10 May 2006- Uganda- A documentary about the Vagina Monologues
will be shown to the public at the National Theatre on Saturday as part
of the 3rd Amakula Kampala International Film festival, a year after the
play was banned.
Festival director Alice Smiths said
the show aimed at raising debate on the theme of the festival, "Others'
voices". "The documentary should give a higher pedestal to the women's
voices that are suppressed," she said.
The documentary is about the
worldwide reception of the play and its impact on viewers. The festival,
a ten-day celebration of film in Kampala, opened at the National Theatre
on May 4. The screening will precede a public debate on why the
government banned the Vagina Monologues last year.
The play by the controversial
African American playwright Eve Ensler was stopped from production by
the media council for promoting homosexuality. "The play promotes
illegal, unnatural sexual acts, homosexuality and prostitution," it
However, UWONET's Sarah Mukasa opposed the ban, saying the play was
intended to raise money for a campaign to stop violence against women
and raise funds for the war-torn north.
Vagina Monologues is a series of 20
monologues told by different women about their sexual experiences. The
play, only banned in Uganda, has been produced in various countries
including Kenya, United Kingdom, Netherlands and the US
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