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47 Uganda. 48 Western Sahara. 49 Zaire. 50 Zambia. 51 Zimbabwe. 52 See also. ... The following is a list of African films. It is arranged alphabetically by country of ...
List of Ugandan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Categories: Cinema of Uganda. African films by country. Films by country. Works by Ugandan people. Hidden categories: CatAutoTOC generates no TOC. List-only national film categories.
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The film industries of the 54 countries that make up Africa produced over two hundred feature films in 2014. This article fully lists all non-pornographic films, including short films, that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by an African country. It does not include films first released in previous years that ...
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- The Cinema of Independence
- Facing Limitations
- Foreign interference
- “Kinna-Uganda”
- The Second Wave
- Wakaliwood
- What The Future Holds
- A Personal Perspective
To understand why film-making took so long to flourish in Uganda, we have to go all the way back to Uganda’s colonial period. The area occupied by present-day Uganda was made up of a number of sovereign kingdoms and chiefdoms at war with each other in the heart of Africa’s Great Lakes region. But following the partition of Africa, the area was decl...
In spite of Uganda’s relatively peaceful transition into independence, the country was not excluded from the political turmoil that spread over the continent in the early post-colonial period. Four years after independence, Obote suspended the constitution and in 1967 declared Uganda a Republic, instating himself as president after sending his pred...
By the late 80s and early 90s, the country was already on a path towards economic rejuvenation. But the scourge of HIV/AIDS became a crisis in Ugandan society. The country embarked on an ambitious sensitization program that involved a multi-sectoral approach to control the spread of the disease, and the arts were dead-center in this drive. By the t...
Although the country was presented with was an influx of Hollywood and Chinese cinema between the 90s and early 2000s, due to home video technology a local drama group called The Ebonies led the Ugandan charge into film and television with prime time TV shows like That’s Life, Mwattu! and Bibawo! (These Things Happen!) through their studio based in...
Hajj Ashraf Ssemwogerere was a qualified dentist who returned to school to study drama. In 2005 he wrote, directed and produced Feelings Struggle under his Pearl Afric Production company.The film — widely regarded as the first “Kinna-Uganda” — tells the story of a girl stolen from her parents as an infant for a ritual sacrifice in modern-day Uganda...
Other key names in the early years of Kinna-Uganda are Cindy Magara, Donald Mugisha, and Matthew Bishanga (also known as Matt Bish). Cindy Magara is believed to be the first woman to direct a film in Uganda, which she did as a student at the prestigious Makerere University. Her film, Fate,which premiered in 2006, has since slipped into obscurity. D...
The most prominent downtown filmmaker is Isaac Nabwana, founder of Uganda’s most famous film export, Wakaliwood. Based in Wakaliga, a Kampala suburb, Nabwana’s 2010 film Who Killed Captain Alex?,an action film narrated by a Ugandan video joker – unique to the local film viewing culture – catapulted him to international fame with its humor, gratuito...
Recently, there has been an increase in the number of exciting short films being made in the country by young filmmakers trying to figure their way around the craft and the film industry. These include A Dog Story and Nectar by Doreen Mirembe, The Test by Rogers Matelja Mugabirwe, Jinxed by Gary Mugisha, The Last Breath by Jordan Ndawula, Jethro X ...
As a filmmaker living and working within Uganda’s film landscape, I can testify that the desire of the current crop of Ugandan filmmakers to tell a plethora of stories, borrowing from the country’s rich cultural heritage and socio-political history, far exceeds the economic and cultural limitations they face. Unlike the film industries in Nigeria a...
- Neria (Zimbabwe) Year released: 1993 | Director: Godwin Mawuru. Although it is hard to confirm this, Neria is possibly the highest-grossing film in Zimbabwean history.
- I Am Not A Witch (Zambia) Year released: 2017 | Director: Rungano Nyoni. One of the more recent entries on the list, I Am Not A Witch offers a distinctive story that also made waves overseas.
- Who Killed Captain Alex? (Uganda) Year released: 2010 | Director: Issac Nabwana. What else but one of the most well-known and most beloved African films in the continent’s history would be Uganda’s entry on this list?
- Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces (Tunisia) Year released: 1990 | Director: Férid Boughedir. Halfaouine is a tender and honest coming-of-age film about a boy named Noura, who’s stuck between childhood and manhood.
Mar 11, 2024 · The movie showcases the fictional African nation of Wakanda, which draws inspiration from various African cultures, including Uganda. Both films offer compelling storytelling based on real events, providing viewers with an immersive experience that combines history, culture, and captivating narratives.
When the charismatic Bobi, a musician and member of parliament, announces his campaign for president, Uganda’s youth are ecstatic, filling parks and streets for every speech, and singing Bobi’s anthems of peace and freedom. But then comes the crackdown, orchestrated by Yoweri Museveni, a brutal dictator who has ruled Uganda for 36 years.
