Film Screening and Q&A: « Mo&Me – The Story of Africa’s Greatest Photojournalist » @ Goethe Zentrum Kampala
Film Screening
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English
As a part of the Uganda Press Photo Award 2014 we would like to invite you to a film screening of the documentary about Mohamed "Mo" Amin.
Salim Amin, son and only child of Mohamed "Mo" Amin, undertakes a journey of recollection and reflection into the life of the frequently absent, globetrotting father he loved, revered and feared. In his late teens, Mohamed Amin abandons his studies to pursue a career in photography that, over the course of thirty years, will turn him into a front-line cameraman extraordinaire – and, arguably, the most renowned photojournalist of his era. Training his candid lens across continents, Mo Amin's thirst for breaking news puts him repeatedly in harm's way – enduring weeks of torture, automatic arms fire, explosives and, ultimately, the amputation of his left arm – to become one of the most decorated news camera-man of all time. The documentary depicts Mo as an unbending, unforgiving and unapologetically rambunctious paterfamilias whose hunger for "the story" propels him to ever-greater professional heights – often at the expense of those he cherishes. The 96-minute film is underpinned by extraordinary images from the vast Amin archive.
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