Over the course of this year, one Ugandan film producer has
received more international reporters at his studio and home than all the rest
in the field. Newspaper, radio, television, online, he has welcomed them all to
his Wakaliga based Ramon Film Productions.
Isaac Nabwana is the
man behind Ramon Film Productions, and Wakaliwood, the new slogan coined out of
Wakaliga slum, on the outskirts of Kampala, where his studio is located.
In one of the latest reports, Aljazeera’s Malcolm Webb
describes Nabwana as “Uganda's rockstar filmmaker. He produces a new film
every month, most with a budget of around $200, attracting millions of views
online and filling seats at local theaters,”.
One of the most watched trailers from
this production house is a trailer titled Who Killed Captain Alex?. Other films
include: tebaatusasula, (they don’t pay us), Bad Black, ‘crazyPeople’ – Ani mulalu and about 50 others.
“It is a surprise that he did not
feature anywhere in this year’s Uganda film festival awards,” says Muloma
Timothy, one of Wakaliwood films’ fan. “He is flying our flag high outside Uganda,
especially in these hard and chaotic times of election”.
With his friends
and neighbors, Nabwana is turning Wakaliga into a home of film production.
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