IDFA Forum
The White Doctor
Zippy Kimundu / Afrofilms International
Kenya, Ireland
Selected for
IDFA Forum 2025Presentation category
Pitch Project
Production status
Start production
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Logline
A Ugandan journalist investigates an American missionary who stands accused of pretending to be a doctor in Uganda and being responsible for the deaths of over a hundred children in her care; but the story becomes a deeper and harrowing look into the evangelical and volunteer industry in Africa.
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Project information
Selected for
IDFA Forum 2025
Countries of production
Kenya, Ireland
Countries of co‑production
Germany
Production status
Start production
Credits
Director
Zippy Kimundu for Afrofilms International
Zippy Kimundu for Afrofilms International
Production
Colum McKeown for Little Wing Films,
Zippy Kimundu for Afrofilms International Company Ltd
Colum McKeown for Little Wing Films,
Zippy Kimundu for Afrofilms International Company Ltd
Co-production
Alexandre Tondowski for Tondowski Films
Alexandre Tondowski for Tondowski Films
Editing
Jordana Berg
Jordana Berg
Pitch team
Zippy Kimundu,
Colum McKeown
Zippy Kimundu,
Colum McKeown
World Sales
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