Uganda

  • Nabwana I.G.G. – Ani Mulalu? The Crazy World AKA Crazy World (2014)

    2011-2020ActionNabwana I.G.G.Uganda

    Children are being kidnapped and killed for the magical properties their blood is believed to contain. Two fathers, one of whom has been driven crazy from the loss of both his wife and daughter, and the other of which who believes his son is still alive, join together in an attempt at rescue and/or revenge. At the same time, the kidnapped children are planning their escape.Read More »

  • Nabwana I.G.G. – Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010)

    2001-2010ActionAfrican CinemaCultNabwana I.G.G.Uganda

    A mafia leader’s brother is captured in a shootout, prompting a revenge attack on the army camp. But when troop leader Captain Alex is killed during a raid, a violent war escalates between the two sides. The captain’s brother takes matters into his own hands, while mafia henchmen take to the skies to bomb Kampala. Narrated with energy and wit by ‘Video Joker’ Emmie, ultra-low budget thriller Who Killed Captain Alex became an international viral sensation when its trailer first hit YouTube. Self-taught film-maker Nabwana Isaac Godfrey Geoffrey produced, directed, shot, wrote and edited the film from his home in the slums of Uganda (a.k.a ‘Wakaliwood’) for under $200.Read More »

  • Abbas Kiarostami – ABC Africa (2001)

    2001-2010Abbas KiarostamiDocumentaryUganda

    Plot:
    Abbas Kiarostami and his assistant, Seifollah Samadian, travel to Kampala, Uganda at the request of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development. For ten days, their camera captures and caresses the faces of a thousand children – all orphans – whose parents have died of AIDS. Recording tears and laughter, music and silence, life and death, the film attests to Africa’s sunny resilience in the face of so much suffering and disease.Read More »

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