Four Years of Defending Through Art: The Story of Uganda’s Human Rights Are Universal Arts Festival
Four years ago, the idea of a Human Rights festival in Uganda sounded impossible. Who would the artists be? Where would we get the films? And how would we get people to gather and listen to conversations on human rights—a subject often seen as reserved for the elite in workshops and policy briefs? The dream was ambitious. There was no funding, no road map, just one conviction: the festival must happen.