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Set in Kampala, the film centers around Tembele, a garbage collector, who works 12 hour shifts.Tembele and his wife, Mawa, are expecting their first child together. When the child dies soon after birth, Tembele has a mental breakdown and is in complete denial that his son has died. [2]
Audiences go to video halls where narrators called "video jokers" translate the dialogue and add their own commentary. [7] Patrons also rent DVDs and watch feature films on prime-time TV. [8] Some films are funded by NGOs through cultural grants. [9] Other films are produced with DIY equipment and low production budgets.
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Nabwana was inspired to create the film by his love of Hollywood action movies and martial arts films from his childhood. [8] [9] The helicopter scenes in the film were based upon his experiences during the Ugandan Bush War where Nabwana and his brother were chased by a helicopter. [10] [4]
Wakaliwood, also known as Ramon Film Productions, is a film studio based in Wakaliga, a slum in Uganda's capital of Kampala.Its founder and director is Isaac Godfrey Geoffrey Nabwana, a.k.a. Nabwana I.G.G., [1] who has been called Uganda's Quentin Tarantino, [2] after the gratuitous violence in his films.
Hofmanis has since moved to Uganda to help promote Wakaliwood cinema worldwide and is now an executive producer and actor at Wakaliwood. He was also given a starring role in Nabwana's 2016 film Bad Black and has been called "the first Mzungu Ugandan action movie star." [13] According to IMDb, Nabwana has won 6 awards from various film festivals.
Stain is a Ugandan drama film produced and directed by Morris Mugisha. It premiered in Kampala on March 1, 2021, and was Mugisha's directorial debut. The film received 7 nominations at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in Nigeria and Joan Agaba won the award for Best Actress in a Leading role.
It also led nominations at the 2019 Golden Movie Awards Africa (GMAA) in Ghana with 18 nominations including Best Movie Drama and Best Screenplay. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The film received a double selection at both the Straight Jacket Guerrilla Festival in Mexico and the FICMEC Nador International Festival of Common Memory in France .