'God Loves Uganda' Director Roger Ross Williams On The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
'God Loves Uganda' director Roger Ross Williams discusses his powerful exposé on 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.'
<p>This past Monday, filmmaker <strong><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/05/22/black-film-roger-ross-williams-god-loves-uganda-interview/" target="_blank">Roger Ross Williams</a></strong>, director of the Oscar-nominated <em><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/09/30/god-loves-uganda-film-trailer-theatrical-release/" target="_blank">God Loves Uganda</a></em>, appeared on <em>The Daily Show with Jon Stewart</em> to discuss his powerful exposé on the proxy cultural war being waged by U.S. evangelicals in Uganda, a timely discussion in light of this week's news that President <strong>Goodluck Jonathan</strong> signed the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/14/nigeria-arrests-dozens-anti-gay-law" target="_blank">Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act</a> into law in Nigeria. Watch Williams discuss how growing up in the church led to the development of <em>God Loves Uganda</em>, the role that the same evangelicals exposed in his film are having in Nigeria's anti-gay legislation, and more below.</p><p></p><div style="background-color: #000000; width: 520px;"><p></p><div style="padding: 4px;"><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="288" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:cms:video:thedailyshow.com:432054" width="512"></iframe></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></p><p></p></div><p></p></div>
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