Filmed in Uganda over five years, the Academy Award-nominated Bobi Wine: The People’s President tells the compelling story of how the orphan Bobi Wine, who talks with pride of his upbringing “in the ghetto,” became a charismatic musician worshipped across the African continent. After becoming increasingly disturbed by his country’s atrocious human-rights record, he turned to politics and in 2017 won a seat in parliament. The film was directed by two equally invested men who were born and brought up in Uganda. Kampala-born Christopher Sharp drove and funded the project. The second director is the Ugandan cinematographer and filmmaker Moses Bwayo, who says he now lives in “exile” in Los Angeles after being shot in the face with a rubber bullet fired by police at close range while he was filming the documentary. Bobi Wine: The People’s President culminates with Wine taking on President Yoweri Museveni, whose military dictatorship has crippled Uganda for the past 38 years, in the 2021 general election. —Vassi Chamberlain

Bobi Wine: The People’s President is also available for streaming on Hulu