# The Woman Who Poked the Leopard (2025)

**Genres:** Documentary

**Duration:** 107 min

**IMDb:** [7.4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38651269/)

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## Description

Stella Nyanzi is a feminist battle poet who provokes with her vulgarity. In a poem, she insults the Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni and criticizes the state repression of her homeland, for which she goes to prison....

## Details

**Premiere:** 27 Aug 2026 (in 6 days)

**Director:** Patience Nitumwesiga

**Countries:** Uganda, South Africa, Germany, United States

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

## Showtimes in Leipzig in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-08-27 (Thursday)

- **[Schaubühne Lindenfels](https://leipzig.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/399-schaubuhne-lindenfels.md) (Alt-West):** [2026-08-27 20:45](https://booking.cinetixx.de/frontend/#/show/1898834974/3603618186)  (OmU)