Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

INTERNATIONAL DOX: SHORTS

Unearthing The Pen

Uganda, United Kingdom
2009 — 12' / Color

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Synopsis

Locheng, a young goatherd in northern Uganda yearns to be able to read and write. But the odds are stacked against him. Forty years ago, tribal elders buried a pen, placing a curse on the written word.

Director Biography

Is a graduate of the National Film and Television School. Since then she has worked as a freelance director and film editor. For the last fifteen years she has combined her passion for editing on various award winning shorts, features and documentaries, with directing her own films.

Director

Carol Salter

Producer

Carol Salter

Cinematographer

Carol Salter

Editor

Carol Salter

Emiliano Battista

Sound

Carol Salter

Contact

Rock Salt Films
Carol Salter
+44(0)7961 154877
[email protected]