In a remote lake of Uganda, girls who were getting pregnant before marriage were abandoned on the tiny island of Akampene, aka Punishment Island. Here most died, but some were saved by men in search of free brides. Laura Cini, an Italian filmmaker, went to the area on 2011 to look for survivors. The mission was successful and now she completed a hour documentary on the story which was supported by crowdfunders and the Italian Ministry of Culture. Premiering soon.
Monday, 3 September 2012
Open to contributions!
Hello, this blog was created to support the making of "Punishment Island", but the purpose of any documentary is to know more about the world than we knew before. So why don't we start now? We would like to use this blog to share point of views, stories, personal opinions. Obviously in theme with the documentary subject and that is African women, which involves men too. And being an European trying to make a documentary in Africa, I am open to judgment... or, even better, advise by Africans about what NOT to do. Comments are already open to anyone, but we welcome you to write to us at punishmentisland@gmail.com if you want to write something, open a new topic, share anything you know. We will be pleased to publish it. Also follow us also on https://www.facebook.com/PunishmentIsland where we try to translate (almost) everything in Italian too.
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