Mbambu and the Mountains of the Moon

Mbambu is a sixteenyearold girl who lives at the foot of the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda She is also an actress an aspiring mountain guide and hopes to be the first in her family to complete secondary school These are significant ambitions for anyone in Uganda they are nearly unheard of for a young girl If Mbambu becomes a guide in the Rwenzoris an impressive accomplishment in its own right because the mountains reach to nearly 17000 feet she would break all sorts of cultural and societal barriers for women in West Uganda As this film tells the story of a hopeful Bakonzo girl it also examines a culture transitioning from harmful poaching practices into more sustainable livelihoods