Ugandan cinema found an unlikely global following through Wakaliwood, the Kampala backyard studio behind Who Killed Captain Alex? and Bad Black, action films made on shoestring budgets with boundless invention. Their VJ commentary tracks and DIY energy won fans worldwide. See what Macca made of them below.
Rating: 3.0★
If you've spent any time in the more obscure corners of the internet, you may already have encountered Wakaliwood, the lo-fi Ugandan film studio that operates out of the Wakaliga slum in Kampala and somehow manages to produce feature-length action films on budgets that wouldn'
Genre Action
★★ — Bad Black (2016)
Genre Action
★ — Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010)
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