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Bobi Wine has worn many hats -- pop star, politician, and now, the star of an Oscar-nominated documentary, which the 41-year-old Ugandan credits with giving him "an extended lease of life".- Brought to tears - In a plot twist that would not be out of place in a Hollywood film, Wine said he was "in hiding" when he heard about the Academy Award nomination last month.
Bobi Wine, musician and leader of the Ugandan National Unity Platform, talks the documentary's impact and his fight for democracy in his country
Bobi Wine, the 41-year-old musician and leader of the Ugandan National Unity Platform, can’t recall how many times he’s been arrested since he first became the voice and then the face of the movement to remove President Yoweri Museveni from office in his home country. Yet as the film documenting his plight, Bobi Wine: The …
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President” has already won the IDA Documentary Award and is nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the BAFTAs and the Oscars, but no one involved with the film is focused on bringing home hardware. “For us, it interestingly doesn’t feel like a campaign for Oscar,” Bobi Wine said Thursday at the …
Multiple nominations for Justine Triet's "Anatomy of a Fall" and Jonathan Glazer's "The Zone of Interest" are the most heartening developments for the academy in years.