Watch Once Upon a Time in Uganda (2023) Full Movie For Free
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00:01:19 I feel like I'm from the future.
00:01:27 That's how I honestly feel.
00:01:28 I feel like I'm from the future.
00:01:30 And I know how important the films and Isaac's story
00:01:33 and the story behind it are.
00:01:35 It's not that I have faith in it.
00:01:37 It's like an utter conviction.
00:01:42 It was a decision though.
00:01:45 Should I stay in New York and get a proper job
00:01:47 and a better apartment and all that?
00:01:49 Or do I follow my heart?
00:01:53 Because that's what I did.
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00:02:06 And I knew that if I did not go, I would always regret it.
00:02:14 It would just freaking haunt me.
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00:02:55 This is Kampala, the capital city.
00:03:00 And this is the Lubaga Cathedral.
00:03:02 We blew it up with a movie.
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00:03:10 Uganda is famous for gorillas, Lake Victoria.
00:03:16 But now it's becoming famous for something new.
00:03:22 By the end of this movie, you will see it and believe us.
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00:03:32 This is Wakaliga, where I will live.
00:03:37 Wakaliga is our home.
00:03:41 We call it Wakaliwood.
00:03:47 It's our Hollywood Macbeth.
00:03:50 This is the home of the best of the best action movies.
00:03:53 Better than the rest.
00:03:55 Welcome to Uganda.
00:04:00 The Taika Mafia, the movie.
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00:04:56 So this is maybe December 2012.
00:04:59 And a friend of mine showed me the trailer for Who Killed Captain Alex?
00:05:04 And that was it.
00:05:05 I made the decision maybe 30 seconds into the 90 seconds that I was going to Uganda.
00:05:10 I didn't call, I didn't email, I didn't write.
00:05:12 I just went there to track him down.
00:05:14 What I wanted was to know the director behind it.
00:05:18 So when I arrived, I spent the first day or two just getting my bearings.
00:05:23 And what I like to do is go to the markets.
00:05:25 There's 50 varieties of rice going down here.
00:05:30 There's 40 colors of spices going this way.
00:05:33 And the market was just enormous.
00:05:35 And then in the corner of my eye, I saw this shirt.
00:05:38 And he had some DVDs that he was selling.
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00:05:47 And I took off after the guy.
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00:06:11 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:06:12 It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
00:06:13 Are you with that movie company?
00:06:15 Come on, you have the movies, yeah?
00:06:16 Yeah, yeah. Who are you?
00:06:17 I'm Alan. I come from New York.
00:06:19 I'm a fan.
00:06:20 I just came here to find him.
00:06:21 Can you bring me?
00:06:22 Yes.
00:06:23 To see him.
00:06:24 It's okay, you can go.
00:06:25 Okay. I just want to meet him.
00:06:27 And an idea goes through your head.
00:06:30 It's like, I don't know where he's really bringing me.
00:06:32 It wasn't like that.
00:06:33 But it goes through your head.
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00:07:50 I grew up in the era of political instabilities in Uganda during the 70s and 80s.
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00:08:05 My brothers used to go to cinema halls to watch movies
00:08:10 and come back and tell me stories of the movies they've seen.
00:08:13 Here in Uganda, movies we used to watch here were all action movies
00:08:19 and all stars were all action stars.
00:08:22 So like, Bad Dispenser, Chuck Norris,
00:08:28 Blue City, Rainbow,
00:08:39 those are the stars we grew up seeing.
00:08:42 Okay, action!
00:08:49 My movies, they are action, but in a comedy way.
00:08:56 Cut!
00:08:57 I want people to laugh.
00:08:59 So if you're watching my movie and you are sad, then I've done nothing.
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00:09:11 I met Isaac when I was 16 and after we got married,
00:09:24 he told me, "Now I have to fulfill my dream to be a filmmaker
00:09:30 and you, you have to follow me."
00:09:32 I said, "Okay, I have no choice. I have to be supporting you."
00:09:36 So now I'm a filmmaker and he's a filmmaker too.
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00:09:48 Okay, action!
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00:09:51 In 2008, I called for the first audition.
00:10:02 When I said I'm going to make action movies, many people came.
00:10:06 The first thing I asked, "Someone who wants to join the Wakame,
00:10:11 are you in love with what you're going to do?
00:10:14 If you're not, then don't join."
00:10:16 So that's how I built my team.
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00:10:22 How do you say "you do"?
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00:11:01 [Speaking in Swahili]
00:11:10 We wanted the white man in the movie
00:11:21 and we didn't know where to get the white man.
00:11:24 And he just came in, in time.
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00:11:30 Yeah, this is our office.
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00:11:45 You're Mr. Isaac.
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00:11:50 I come from New York City because I see your movies.
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00:11:57 Yeah, we're good.
00:11:59 This is where I live and this is my studio.
00:12:02 Ramon Kimpong Action Studio, the action studio we have so far.
00:12:07 And there's so many things here that you do in the pubs, you know.
00:12:10 It is going to blow up, you know, a number of cities.
00:12:13 Ah, here's my favorite, Dandrova.
00:12:16 [Laughter]
00:12:19 This is my favorite, the one that I'm going to be in.
00:12:22 [Laughter]
00:12:25 This is a wave.
00:12:28 Let me put another thing.
00:12:30 Okay.
00:12:32 Is that your Afro pot?
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00:12:39 Wow, wow, wow, wow.
00:12:41 These are the first cameras I used.
00:12:43 I made a number of movies for me and I liked it very much, you know.
00:12:47 I normally viewed my own computers.
00:12:50 I buy, you know, motherboards and a fan and then a processor and then RAM.
00:12:58 Then I view them.
00:13:00 You know, these are the hard disks, but most of them are burned due to electricity.
00:13:04 Because electricity, that's a very big problem in Uganda.
00:13:07 This is a typical security light.
00:13:09 It's not the best, but I improvise.
00:13:12 If we need a gun, we weld it.
00:13:16 If we need anything, like a jib, camera stand, if we don't have one, we make it.
00:13:21 Improvising, always.
00:13:23 I bring in people and then I train them, like the editors, makeup artists.
00:13:27 That's how I do it.
00:13:29 All the actors, everyone volunteers like this?
00:13:36 Yeah, in fact, here we have volunteers, because the industry is not yet paid.
00:13:40 And where does money come from?
00:13:44 I also shoot music videos.
00:13:46 I will do wedding coverage.
00:13:49 I also do adverts nowadays.
00:13:51 Put down the gun!
00:13:53 There you go, good!
00:13:57 Okay, one, two.
00:14:00 And she's my wife.
00:14:02 Oh, I didn't know.
00:14:04 I thought she was your daughter.
00:14:06 Did you like the movies come first or did he come first?
00:14:12 And he taught you?
00:14:14 Yeah, he taught me.
00:14:16 How did he do this?
00:14:18 He saw.
00:14:20 She's asking for the mouse.
00:14:24 I can help.
00:14:27 She'll scream?
00:14:29 Yeah.
00:14:31 I got a model of the gun and then I got a free gun.
00:14:37 You just made it flip.
00:14:39 How did you learn?
00:14:41 I just think of something and then I do it.
00:14:45 Let's see, maybe watch some.
00:14:54 We'll change that.
00:14:56 When I first heard the narration, it was crazy.
00:15:09 Instantly I loved it.
00:15:11 And it works.
00:15:13 I don't see that anywhere else in the world, period.
00:15:15 But I think you're going to.
00:15:17 The action is not for me.
00:15:19 Movie!
00:15:21 VJs are very important in Uganda.
00:15:24 VJs are not only translating movies but also spicing the movies
00:15:28 by putting in some jokes and that's why we call them video jokers.
00:15:32 They keep you entertained all the time.
00:15:36 This is how we do action in Uganda.
00:15:39 Even if it's a horror movie, even if it's a horrible movie,
00:15:42 you have to laugh.
00:15:44 I just want good news.
00:15:46 So that is the fun he puts in the movies.
00:15:50 That is joking.
00:15:52 It's joking. It's like that.
00:15:54 So people like such jokes.
00:15:56 Okay? You understand that?
00:15:58 So what was it like making Who Killed Kapanau?
00:16:03 You know, this is a third world country.
00:16:06 We have so many problems.
00:16:08 When I produced Kapanau, the truth is everyone...
00:16:12 We were scared first to make it because
00:16:15 during the time we were shooting Who Killed Kapanau,
00:16:18 there was a lot of violence in the whole region.
00:16:20 Nearby us here, people burned even the police station.
00:16:24 The government deployed a lot of military
00:16:27 and we were using military uniforms and we had toy guns.
00:16:31 So we thought the government might arrest us.
00:16:34 We were scared.
00:16:36 Everything was challenging. What do we have to keep on?
00:16:39 So in Uganda, who's your audience?
00:16:42 The audience is the peasants.
00:16:44 They are the majority.
00:16:46 But now we are trying to teach the masses
00:16:48 that we are making movies in Wakariwood.
00:16:51 But the problem is the upper class,
00:16:54 for me I call it the corporate class,
00:16:56 they are not yet understanding us.
00:16:58 They are not yet supporting us.
00:17:00 They don't believe we can make movies
00:17:02 because we are in the ghetto.
00:17:04 The corporate class of Uganda,
00:17:06 they always think that a white man is the final man,
00:17:09 is God, is God to them.
00:17:12 So you cannot tell them, even trusting me
00:17:15 that I can make a movie that they can watch
00:17:18 is not an easy thing.
00:17:20 It's a very big problem we are having.
00:17:23 And that's why I'm always very, very, very impressed
00:17:26 whenever I see a Muslim person coming here.
00:17:29 Because if they see that a Muslim has come in,
00:17:31 they think that, oh, the thing is good.
00:17:34 Yes, that's how I've just seen the movie industry here.
00:17:38 Does it look like yours in America?
00:17:41 It's very strange, it's very similar.
00:17:43 But in America, it's too much, I think, a business.
00:17:46 And I have not had fun, I did not enjoy it a lot.
00:17:51 But what I see here, this community,
00:17:53 I don't believe to be in Hollywood.
00:17:56 Okay, action.
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00:18:02 Dad!
00:18:14 Isaac created a new genre with me that he's excited about.
00:18:18 It's called "Beating Up the White Person" genre.
00:18:21 And it turns out all of Uganda is just in love with it,
00:18:24 and I think it's funny as hell.
00:18:26 [yelling]
00:18:28 At one point, we have this final fight sequence,
00:18:36 I'm supposed to punch, and this is right by the raw sewage.
00:18:39 I lost my footing, I realize I'm going into the raw sewage,
00:18:42 but I ain't going alone, 'cause the cameras are rolling,
00:18:44 so I grab the bad guy, and together we go--
00:18:46 [yells]
00:18:47 We go into the ship.
00:18:54 And so I realize in retrospect,
00:18:56 that was really like my baptism in a lot of ways.
00:18:59 My whole life, I've worked in film in different capacities.
00:19:18 Film has always meant a lot to me,
00:19:20 and learning how it works,
00:19:22 I spent years just traveling production to production.
00:19:26 I would sleep anywhere.
00:19:34 I mean, I've lived in editing studios, I've lived in my car.
00:19:37 If I found something I'm really passionate about,
00:19:39 I just kind of dropped everything and went there.
00:19:41 And then I was a program director for a film festival
00:19:44 for a number of years, and I absolutely loved it,
00:19:46 but I was also getting burnt out.
00:19:48 I really missed kind of why I got into film in the first place,
00:19:51 because I had a feeling of joy and creativity.
00:19:54 I just wasn't clicking anywhere.
00:19:56 So I was 42, I was in a relationship,
00:19:59 and she wanted it to grow, and I wanted it to grow,
00:20:03 but money, of course, is a problem.
00:20:06 I wasn't making much money,
00:20:08 I wasn't satisfied with what I was doing,
00:20:11 and the day I bought the wedding ring, she left me.
00:20:15 It was the perfect storm in my life.
00:20:18 And later I went to Uganda.
00:20:21 Mr. Alan, I would like to request you to be our ambassador,
00:20:26 not only in America, but where you come.
00:20:29 I think you have everything that you need, frankly.
00:20:32 You just have to keep doing it,
00:20:34 and maybe get it out more to the people here.
00:20:37 That's what I think.
00:20:39 You know, I do.
00:20:41 And I don't think you need...
00:20:43 - To miss me. - ...to come here.
00:20:45 I don't want to be like Mzumba who comes in and helps and things.
00:20:50 I want to support what you guys are already doing.
00:20:53 I think this is beautiful.
00:20:55 Thank you.
00:20:57 It's very hard to say goodbye,
00:21:00 but if you said right now that you are not leaving,
00:21:04 everybody would be so glad,
00:21:06 and they would host you so that you don't have to go.
00:21:09 It is like a dream to have you,
00:21:12 as a family member now.
00:21:15 So now you are part of us.
00:21:17 I just thank you.
00:21:19 Thank you.
00:21:21 OK, action!
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00:21:32 [child shouting]
00:21:54 Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
00:21:57 Young-gu.
00:21:59 What's the envy?
00:22:02 You like the hair, yeah?
00:22:04 - See? - Yeah.
00:22:07 You want to see? You want to see?
00:22:10 [cheering]
00:22:13 Alan, now he lives with us,
00:22:20 next to us.
00:22:22 [laughs]
00:22:24 So I sold everything I had or got rid of it.
00:22:26 I sold my car, I gave up my apartment.
00:22:28 My cab is now with my mom,
00:22:30 and that's how I knew, like, I'm all in.
00:22:33 So, we teamed up.
00:22:37 [speaking in foreign language]
00:22:40 Is that Dolly Parton?
00:22:54 [laughs]
00:22:56 No?
00:22:58 Yeah, everyone loves Dolly Parton here,
00:23:01 especially those of my age.
00:23:03 I don't think the youth know Dolly Parton and Ken Rogers.
00:23:07 - I know. - They were great.
00:23:09 They were great.
00:23:11 OK, so it rained a lot, so there's mud here.
00:23:13 Let's see.
00:23:15 We think he's made 47 films in 11 years
00:23:19 from when he founded the studio.
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00:23:41 This place is called Wakaliga.
00:23:43 Then we just had-- yeah, we added on wood, Wakali wood.
00:23:47 This is everything.
00:23:49 Yeah.
00:23:51 That's a helicopter.
00:23:54 In a few days or a week, it's going to be in the air.
00:24:04 Yeah.
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00:24:50 [gunfire]
00:24:52 Side kick!
00:24:53 Assist me with the gun!
00:24:55 [gunfire]
00:24:57 [screams]
00:24:59 [gunfire]
00:25:01 Coach on fire.
00:25:04 [laughs]
00:25:05 Coach on fire.
00:25:06 [gunfire]
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00:26:33 [speaking foreign language]
00:26:35 - It's exciting.
00:26:37 Today is the day we are selling movies to people.
00:26:41 Our marketing day.
00:26:43 Here, cinemas are for the rich.
00:26:46 Because here in Uganda,
00:26:48 there is high class, up there,
00:26:51 middle class, and down there.
00:26:54 And for us, the Wakaru people,
00:26:57 they call us "down there,"
00:26:59 because we are in the ghetto.
00:27:01 So our distribution is not easy.
00:27:04 The actors and actresses,
00:27:06 they go to different places,
00:27:08 like in the villages, in Kampala,
00:27:11 selling door to door.
00:27:13 And after, when it is successful,
00:27:15 they get their percentage.
00:27:17 [speaking foreign language]
00:27:20 [singing in foreign language]
00:27:23 ♪ ♪
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00:27:54 [drumming]
00:27:57 [speaking foreign language]
00:28:00 In the beginning, it was very hard for us
00:28:03 to convince our audience that we are making movies here.
00:28:06 But later on, we convinced them
00:28:08 by giving them free DVDs to watch,
00:28:10 and then they started buying our movies.
00:28:12 So that's how we built a big audience around here.
00:28:15 [speaking foreign language]
00:28:18 [laughing]
00:28:21 [drumming]
00:28:24 [speaking foreign language]
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00:28:32 [baby crying]
00:28:35 [speaking foreign language]
00:28:38 [laughing]
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00:28:44 [laughing]
00:28:45 So in the beginning, I thought this was going to be very easy,
00:28:48 very easy, because he's had millions of views
00:28:50 well before I came here, well before I saw it.
00:28:52 I came here late, late in the game.
00:28:54 But we are moving together.
00:28:56 Whenever I would talk to anyone,
00:28:58 the big question is violence.
00:29:00 And it never really occurred to me,
00:29:02 because it's comedy action,
00:29:04 it's almost like a Roadrunner cartoon.
00:29:06 True violence, I think, makes you ill.
00:29:08 Like, to me, the Coen brothers are extremely violent,
00:29:11 but I would get so much crap
00:29:13 that I'm promoting this image of violence in East Africa.
00:29:16 [speaking foreign language]
00:29:18 Okay, action!
00:29:20 [motorcycle engine revving]
00:29:22 And, you know, if Isaac was a serious filmmaker,
00:29:24 what he should do is something about poverty.
00:29:26 [speaking foreign language]
00:29:28 [motorcycle engine revving]
00:29:31 [cheering]
00:29:34 Watch out!
00:29:36 [laughing]
00:29:38 [cheering]
00:29:41 But my argument is that this is a different narrative about Africa.
00:29:47 [laughing]
00:29:49 That's a bridge.
00:29:51 Yeah.
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00:31:52 (speaking in foreign language)
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00:32:21 (speaking in foreign language)
00:32:25 - It will change this, it will change this to Uganda.
00:32:32 (speaking in foreign language)
00:32:36 Isaac is 44.
00:32:41 The life expectancy for his generation is mid-50s.
00:32:45 We act like we're 22.
00:32:47 And what goes through my head very much
00:32:49 is that he's at his peak creatively.
00:32:52 And so my job is to put kerosene on the bonfire.
00:32:55 And Isaac talks about this for,
00:32:57 like to be respected within Uganda,
00:32:59 you need to first make a name for yourself outside.
00:33:02 Let us start as if we are--
00:33:04 - Yeah, yeah.
00:33:05 - Like-- - Normal.
00:33:06 - If you want to join this movie, please.
00:33:09 It's serious, you want to say join.
00:33:10 And after joining, and then you freeze.
00:33:12 - Okay.
00:33:13 - Please, if you want to be part of this, join.
00:33:18 - Again, again, again.
00:33:19 - If you want to be part of this, please.
00:33:22 - Please join.
00:33:23 (gunshots)
00:33:26 (laughing)
00:33:29 - It seems like my first true feeling of joy
00:33:31 with filmmaking is here, it's in Wakali Gap.
00:33:34 My life up until this point is searching for this.
00:33:36 - For this, you're gonna put microphone jack.
00:33:38 Yeah, it's okay.
00:33:40 - Hello, sir, can you hear me?
00:33:43 Do you want to see Wakali?
00:33:45 I'll give you a little tour.
00:33:46 Here's Mr. Isaac.
00:33:47 - Hello.
00:33:48 - The world of action filmmaking
00:33:50 has grown a little larger in recent years,
00:33:52 thanks in part to movies
00:33:53 from the Central African nation of Uganda.
00:33:56 - Isaac Nwabwana's latest action film.
00:33:59 He makes almost one every month.
00:34:00 The entire budget for each film is about $200.
00:34:03 And since Isaac started putting the trailers on YouTube,
00:34:06 it's attracted fans from all over the world.
00:34:08 This camera tripod's made from a car jack.
00:34:10 - The entire Wakaliwood studio operation
00:34:12 takes place here at Isaac's house.
00:34:14 This is where the edit suite is.
00:34:16 To my left is the prop studio,
00:34:18 and behind is where they have rehearsals.
00:34:20 (upbeat music)
00:34:23 - I used to work as a publicist,
00:34:33 so I have a good deal of experience.
00:34:35 And I'm a huge fan of marketing.
00:34:38 Like, I love publicity, and that's what I used to do.
00:34:41 And so it's been a hell of a year.
00:34:42 We got a lot of coverage.
00:34:44 We got coverage from Neon in Germany was the very first,
00:34:48 but then Vice was the first in English.
00:34:50 And then the Wall Street Journal is coming out,
00:34:52 MSNBC, and Huffington Post, Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN.
00:34:57 Uh-huh, I need posters.
00:34:58 There you go, uh-huh.
00:35:00 - How do you feel now that your work is being seen
00:35:04 in other countries outside of Uganda?
00:35:06 - Yeah, I never expected a lot of attention from the world,
00:35:09 but it is happening.
00:35:10 (upbeat music)
00:35:13 (crowd cheering)
00:35:18 - Despite shoestring budget,
00:35:22 his films feature car chases, helicopters,
00:35:25 special effects, and choreographed fight scenes.
00:35:28 - This is from Russia.
00:35:30 - Esquire Magazine.
00:35:31 (speaking in foreign language)
00:35:38 - That's France.
00:35:40 - Germany.
00:35:41 (crowd cheering)
00:35:43 - Thank you very much.
00:35:44 - Okay.
00:35:45 - Yeah!
00:35:46 - We have been all over the news,
00:35:53 like this, the Wall Street Journal.
00:35:55 Africa's Talentino brings name to Uganda slums.
00:36:01 (laughing)
00:36:02 (speaking in foreign language)
00:36:06 (upbeat music)
00:36:09 - This is Isaac's wife.
00:36:12 - Hello!
00:36:13 When we started Wakaliwood,
00:36:15 we were thinking locally, you know?
00:36:17 But Alan has put us to international level.
00:36:21 - So what's your role within this?
00:36:23 - It's like, it's evolving.
00:36:26 I mean, like, what it is basically,
00:36:27 we're partners, is what it is.
00:36:29 We're partners, basically.
00:36:30 So we work together on everything.
00:36:33 But there's no profit yet.
00:36:36 Right now, we're just surviving.
00:36:38 That's how it is.
00:36:39 And I love it.
00:36:42 And I hate it.
00:36:43 I hate the heat.
00:36:44 I hate the dust.
00:36:45 I hate the lack of electricity.
00:36:46 I hate the lack of plumbing.
00:36:48 You know, I hate the fact that we can't get hard drives.
00:36:50 I hate that we lose our chips for the cameras
00:36:52 and they get destroyed and we lose footage.
00:36:55 Always.
00:36:56 I hate all that.
00:36:57 But, you know, I love it.
00:36:59 I love what they do here.
00:37:00 And it's become my family.
00:37:02 - You need to do this each morning.
00:37:06 (children laughing)
00:37:09 (children chattering)
00:37:12 (children chattering)
00:37:15 (children chattering)
00:37:18 (speaking in foreign language)
00:37:39 (child laughing)
00:37:42 (speaking in foreign language)
00:37:46 (speaking in foreign language)
00:37:50 (speaking in foreign language)
00:37:54 (child laughing)
00:38:05 (speaking in foreign language)
00:38:11 (speaking in foreign language)
00:38:19 (speaking in foreign language)
00:38:24 (speaking in foreign language)
00:38:28 (children laughing)
00:38:52 (speaking in foreign language)
00:38:56 - Spider-Man.
00:39:07 - Spider-Man.
00:39:08 - All right.
00:39:09 - Spider-Man to speech.
00:39:11 (gentle music)
00:39:13 (speaking in foreign language)
00:39:17 (gentle music)
00:39:20 (speaking in foreign language)
00:39:24 (children laughing)
00:39:48 (children chattering)
00:39:51 - Ready?
00:39:55 - Yes.
00:39:55 - One.
00:39:56 - Ha!
00:39:57 - Two.
00:39:58 - Ha!
00:39:59 - Speed up, three.
00:40:00 (speaking in foreign language)
00:40:00 Four.
00:40:01 - Ha!
00:40:02 - Five.
00:40:03 - Ha!
00:40:04 - One.
00:40:05 - Ha!
00:40:05 - Two.
00:40:06 - Ha!
00:40:07 - Three.
00:40:08 - Ha!
00:40:09 - Eight, nine, 10.
00:40:10 (speaking in foreign language)
00:40:13 One, two, three.
00:40:15 One, two, three, four.
00:40:19 Five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10.
00:40:24 (speaking in foreign language)
00:40:26 - Ha!
00:40:26 - Jump!
00:40:28 - Ha!
00:40:29 - The Wakastas are our children here.
00:40:31 After watching us make movies,
00:40:34 I could see they had a passion.
00:40:37 So we have started training them martial arts
00:40:39 and also training them how to act
00:40:41 because they are the future.
00:40:42 (speaking in foreign language)
00:40:44 We need children in the movies
00:40:46 because we want to tap a new audience.
00:40:50 The first movie I worked with children
00:40:52 is called "Crazy World."
00:40:53 Go, go, go, go, go.
00:40:54 We are now having a big audience of children
00:40:57 loving our movies.
00:40:59 I feel so happy about that.
00:41:00 - Ha!
00:41:01 (speaking in foreign language)
00:41:02 Five.
00:41:03 - Ha!
00:41:03 - Six.
00:41:04 - Ha!
00:41:05 - Seven.
00:41:06 - Ha!
00:41:07 - Eight.
00:41:08 - Ha!
00:41:09 - Nine.
00:41:09 - Ha!
00:41:10 - Two punches.
00:41:11 One.
00:41:12 - Ha!
00:41:13 - Ha!
00:41:14 - Two.
00:41:14 - Ha!
00:41:15 - Ha!
00:41:16 (humming)
00:41:18 Today I'm going to cook for the big group team,
00:41:23 Caliwood.
00:41:25 And the good thing, we have food.
00:41:28 Hm!
00:41:28 (speaking in foreign language)
00:41:33 (water splashing)
00:41:40 (speaking in foreign language)
00:41:44 (children laughing)
00:41:47 For the last year, we've moved a step ahead.
00:41:51 Something has changed.
00:41:52 My first dream is to provide for the family.
00:41:57 And that dream, everyone wishes for.
00:41:59 So, it gives me hope and encouragement
00:42:04 that what we are doing is moving forward, not backwards.
00:42:08 (children chattering)
00:42:11 (footsteps)
00:42:14 It's not a bad year.
00:42:22 It's not a bad year.
00:42:23 I mean, you can see the kind of outreach we have
00:42:25 in every freaking continent.
00:42:27 Last time I counted, it was like 40 million views.
00:42:29 But what's very interesting to me
00:42:31 is that we've never been approached for funding.
00:42:35 Not one person approached.
00:42:37 And I'm just curious about investing.
00:42:41 So for me, it's obvious.
00:42:43 The next part is bringing Isaac to the West.
00:42:45 That's gonna be the most important step next.
00:42:48 They need to hear Isaac's story from Isaac himself.
00:42:52 That's what's going to blow open the doors.
00:42:54 (dramatic music)
00:42:57 (door slams)
00:43:00 (baby crying)
00:43:03 So that's the mission next.
00:43:07 And then how to freaking get a visa.
00:43:10 It ain't gonna be easy.
00:43:11 (upbeat music)
00:43:17 - What Hollywood runs on banana leaves.
00:43:33 (laughs)
00:43:33 This is the costumes.
00:43:36 - We are preparing for shooting late at night
00:43:39 for our upcoming movie, "Eaten Alive" in Uganda.
00:43:43 So everyone is busy here.
00:43:45 That's what I like with them.
00:43:47 To the main industry,
00:43:48 'cause everything you're doing is fun.
00:43:50 Everything is fun.
00:43:51 When you're enjoying, you do your work while enjoying.
00:43:54 That's what I like.
00:43:55 (laughs)
00:43:57 That's why he's going to be eaten.
00:43:59 That's why he's going to be eaten.
00:44:01 (laughs)
00:44:03 - Eat this.
00:44:06 (laughs)
00:44:07 - No problem.
00:44:07 (laughs)
00:44:09 - I can't keep up with this.
00:44:14 That's how we do it in Manhattan.
00:44:17 - I don't know what.
00:44:18 (dramatic music)
00:44:21 - It's uncanny.
00:44:36 - Nice stunt double.
00:44:37 - Let me see the skin.
00:44:38 Kind of.
00:44:41 - I'm telling you, we're the brothers of another mother.
00:44:43 - Yes.
00:44:44 - It's frightening.
00:44:45 (speaks in foreign language)
00:44:48 - From today, I baptize you.
00:44:51 (laughs)
00:45:06 - Okay.
00:45:07 - Now we start the fight.
00:45:08 (laughs)
00:45:10 - Cut, cut, cut, cut.
00:45:23 (speaks in foreign language)
00:45:26 (upbeat music)
00:45:31 (speaks in foreign language)
00:45:35 - This is a story about carnivals and Chuck Norris.
00:45:44 - I have many nicknames here, you know, Jesus for one,
00:45:47 but another one is Chuck Norris.
00:45:48 Does not think I look like Chuck Norris.
00:45:50 (upbeat music)
00:45:53 (upbeat music)
00:45:56 - This is the Hollywood Cannibal Village.
00:46:20 So what you're gonna see happen is maybe five or six of them
00:46:22 carry me in and putting me on this table we just built.
00:46:26 And they're gonna cut off my leg, eat that first.
00:46:29 I grab it from them, I beat the hell out of them.
00:46:31 And then they proceed to rip my guts open,
00:46:37 which are being prepared at the moment.
00:46:38 There's actually, there's a goat being slaughtered
00:46:41 and the head cut off and gutted right now.
00:46:42 And they're shaving it to make it look pink like I am.
00:46:45 They gotta do it quickly because they wanna eat it.
00:46:47 I think you can eat it right now.
00:46:49 - Yeah, yeah.
00:46:50 - This is Ellen.
00:46:51 - It'll work, it'll work.
00:46:52 Yeah, it'll work.
00:46:53 Yeah, we're the incase science system.
00:46:56 - Keep them, keep them.
00:46:56 - Yeah.
00:46:57 Ellen makes a good sound when he's dying.
00:46:59 (Ellen screaming)
00:47:02 So we like Ellen dying, you know, with that sound.
00:47:05 Tonight we're going to kill Ellen.
00:47:06 (upbeat music)
00:47:09 (upbeat music)
00:47:19 (upbeat music)
00:47:22 (upbeat music)
00:47:26 (upbeat music)
00:47:31 (speaking in foreign language)
00:47:38 (upbeat music)
00:47:40 (Ellen screaming)
00:47:54 (upbeat music)
00:47:56 (speaking in foreign language)
00:48:07 (upbeat music)
00:48:09 (speaking in foreign language)
00:48:26 (upbeat music)
00:48:29 (speaking in foreign language)
00:48:33 (upbeat music)
00:48:50 - We had a chance of hosting the CEO
00:48:56 of the big media house in Uganda, Robert Kabushenga.
00:49:00 He's a big man.
00:49:01 He's running TV stations.
00:49:03 (upbeat music)
00:49:06 (speaking in foreign language)
00:49:11 - Director.
00:49:20 - Nadala Action Movies.
00:49:21 - Action Movies.
00:49:22 - Yeah.
00:49:22 (upbeat music)
00:49:25 (speaking in foreign language)
00:49:29 (upbeat music)
00:49:31 - At first we had no respect.
00:49:56 Now we are respected at least a little bit
00:49:57 because of the international media which has come here.
00:50:00 That's how we have scored that respect.
00:50:02 (upbeat music)
00:50:05 (speaking in foreign language)
00:50:17 This is the chance.
00:50:27 (speaking in foreign language)
00:50:31 (children chattering)
00:50:40 (children chattering)
00:50:44 (speaking in foreign language)
00:51:09, at least.
00:51:11 (speaking in foreign language)
00:51:14 (speaking in foreign language)
00:51:18 (speaking in foreign language)
00:51:22 (chalk scraping)
00:51:25 (speaking in foreign language)
00:51:31 (speaking in foreign language)
00:51:44 (speaking in foreign language)
00:51:48 So everyone can achieve their dreams.
00:52:02 Yeah.
00:52:03 (speaking in foreign language)
00:52:09 (clock ticking)
00:52:12 (speaking in foreign language)
00:52:16 (thunder rumbling)
00:52:21 (rain pattering)
00:52:31 (thunder rumbling)
00:52:34 (child screaming)
00:52:50 (water splashing)
00:52:57 (children chattering)
00:53:00 (speaking in foreign language)
00:53:18 (children chattering)
00:53:22 (speaking in foreign language)
00:53:25 (sighing)
00:53:45 (children chattering)
00:53:48 (sighing)
00:53:58 (phone ringing)
00:54:03 Okay, Ma.
00:54:08 - Hi.
00:54:10 - How are you?
00:54:11 - Okay, here I am.
00:54:13 You know, I don't know what to say.
00:54:16 It's, you know, it's--
00:54:19 - I could tell.
00:54:20 - Things are getting interesting here.
00:54:23 Yeah, so I haven't spoken with Isaac in weeks.
00:54:26 He hasn't spoken to me, I should say.
00:54:28 And it's around a time when the Millionaire showed up
00:54:29 for the national television.
00:54:32 So starting once when he showed up,
00:54:33 there's been no communication.
00:54:34 - Right.
00:54:35 - Basically, I don't know what's going on.
00:54:37 I have no idea.
00:54:38 I'm not involved, that's all I know.
00:54:42 It's like, if you wanna dump me,
00:54:44 if you wanna go in this direction, then say it.
00:54:47 I'm just beat up from everything.
00:54:48 - Yeah, I know.
00:54:50 - Bye, Ma, thanks.
00:54:51 - Bye, honey, bye.
00:54:52 - I'm just beat up.
00:55:09 - If you have anything, you know, bothering you,
00:55:12 come to me instead of, you know,
00:55:14 the way you have been acting these days,
00:55:16 that you go and come very late at night.
00:55:18 And I told you that it's dangerous,
00:55:20 especially you are an American here.
00:55:22 You're an American thing,
00:55:23 that you are superior of this world.
00:55:24 If American die here, they will come here.
00:55:27 I tell you, they will come here and they will question me.
00:55:29 So if you don't want to stay with us, then you don't.
00:55:31 - It's just because I haven't,
00:55:33 I don't know anything that's happening here.
00:55:36 And whenever I've tried to talk to you about anything,
00:55:38 I don't feel I get straight answers from you.
00:55:40 - I told you that we are going to make a series.
00:55:43 - You didn't tell me that.
00:55:44 - You didn't what?
00:55:45 - You didn't tell me that.
00:55:46 You told me that we'll do, okay, okay.
00:55:47 - But I think I told you,
00:55:49 but I don't even have to tell you
00:55:51 if I'm doing something in Uganda, it's not international.
00:55:54 What I know about is,
00:55:56 you were cattling about international,
00:55:58 I'm cattling about Africa.
00:56:00 - I am focused international, right?
00:56:02 What I explained to you what I'm doing
00:56:03 is trying to get you to the West.
00:56:04 So when I'm asking about the TV series,
00:56:06 it's not that I want-
00:56:07 - You did not want, I know, TV series.
00:56:09 You did not want me involved in Kabushenga.
00:56:12 I know that, I know.
00:56:12 I saw it from you.
00:56:14 - Yeah, I need to be informed.
00:56:15 I say like simple things,
00:56:16 like what is your time commitments now?
00:56:18 - What I care about is,
00:56:19 I want to see things moving.
00:56:21 Kabushenga is a good deal for me
00:56:23 because that is what I want.
00:56:25 - For me, I just want this to be the biggest, best thing.
00:56:29 You know, basically, what I want.
00:56:30 What I want is the world to know what I have seen.
00:56:33 Then I think almost like the world is open,
00:56:35 like for anything that you want to do.
00:56:36 You know that's what I'm working on.
00:56:38 - I told you about my problems,
00:56:40 but I did not even tell you all.
00:56:41 But there are so many problems
00:56:43 out of this international media and everything
00:56:46 because all Ugandans thought that I had got a lot of money.
00:56:50 For sure, they think I have money.
00:56:52 - Well, so like what I'm working on also takes months,
00:56:55 you know, months to set up.
00:56:58 I think if you're there with a world premiere,
00:57:01 you will destroy the West.
00:57:03 I think we'll be able to choose anything
00:57:05 because I think we're doing okay,
00:57:07 but everyone, I want people to hear you from your voice,
00:57:11 not from magazine.
00:57:12 - But let me also tell you something you should know.
00:57:15 Working with Kabushenga will help you
00:57:17 to take me to the West.
00:57:19 I can go elsewhere if I'm understood nationally
00:57:24 because they know I'm attached to a TV station.
00:57:27 They have the big people in it.
00:57:29 Anyway, you should understand in Uganda,
00:57:32 I think even in America,
00:57:33 that you have to be famous sometimes
00:57:37 to get that sort of little privilege.
00:57:40 Kabushenga is enough.
00:57:42 He's, the way he talks to me when I talk to him,
00:57:45 it's like we are friends.
00:57:47 - Do you think it's a good idea if I meet him,
00:57:51 like with the two of you?
00:57:52 - I think we need to first work.
00:57:55 That's what I think.
00:57:56 - That's where I'm in the middle and I don't know.
00:57:58 - No one is going to push me.
00:57:59 - I need to know simply that,
00:58:02 is this something you're still interested in?
00:58:03 Frankly, are we still a film studio?
00:58:05 - I'm the owner of this and I started it.
00:58:07 So I need independent mind about what I'm doing.
00:58:10 Now I have the big man.
00:58:12 So I'm proud of that.
00:58:14 So if you are not,
00:58:16 if you don't want that, then you don't.
00:58:18 - I think it's over.
00:58:28 I think it's finished.
00:58:30 I very much get the sense that I'm not welcome here.
00:58:32 My whole thing in life is that I think I do everything right
00:58:36 and I'm just kicked in the teeth
00:58:38 and I have no idea what happened.
00:58:39 This is exactly like you'd be buying the wedding ring
00:58:42 and then that day I'm done.
00:58:43 This is exactly the same thing.
00:58:44 Four and a half years now to build it to this point
00:58:47 so this guy can come and then you just sign everything.
00:58:50 It's like, holy shit.
00:58:52 (thunder rumbling)
00:58:55 - Wake up.
00:59:02 You're going to be late for school.
00:59:04 Okay, calm.
00:59:05 (engine revving)
00:59:21 (man yelling)
00:59:23 (people chattering)
00:59:26 (keys clacking)
00:59:29 - Alan is like, if he sees something,
00:59:56 he thinks that it's the best in the whole world
00:59:58 and then he locks there.
01:00:00 Working with such people was not easy.
01:00:04 (speaking in foreign language)
01:00:08 (child crying)
01:00:19 (child crying)
01:00:22 - I'm not part of it anymore.
01:00:38 I just, you know, I don't know what's going on.
01:00:43 I don't know anything.
01:00:46 It's been so many years at this point.
01:00:49 You know, I'm in debt.
01:00:51 My credit is shot, of course.
01:00:54 Literally zero in my bank account.
01:00:56 I mean, I've got nothing.
01:00:58 I put in everything.
01:01:00 You know, I've got nothing.
01:01:02 But it was to build something together.
01:01:05 (sighs)
01:01:11 I don't know if I need any of this shit.
01:01:16 I don't know where the fuck home is anyway.
01:01:18 So Isaac wants to focus on this local production right now
01:01:26 and maybe he's right.
01:01:28 And maybe right now, my presence is problematic.
01:01:34 I think it's better if I step back a bit
01:01:36 to let Isaac pursue this new partnership.
01:01:38 But no matter what happens, it's no regrets.
01:01:43 (dramatic music)
01:01:45 (birds chirping)
01:02:01 (people chattering)
01:02:06 (birds chirping)
01:02:09 (birds chirping)
01:02:11 (birds chirping)
01:02:14 (speaking in foreign language)
01:02:18 (speaking in foreign language)
01:02:22 (speaking in foreign language)
01:02:26 (speaking in foreign language)
01:02:30 (speaking in foreign language)
01:02:35 (speaking in foreign language)
01:02:41 (speaking in foreign language)
01:02:55 (speaking in foreign language)
01:02:59 (birds chirping)
01:03:09 (speaking in foreign language)
01:03:23 (speaking in foreign language)
01:03:27 (people yelling)
01:03:34 - It's fun for me 'cause I feel good while kicking people.
01:03:37 I've become a star.
01:03:38 (speaking in foreign language)
01:03:53 (people yelling)
01:03:56 (speaking in foreign language)
01:04:02 (people yelling)
01:04:22 (speaking in foreign language)
01:04:26 (rapping in foreign language)
01:04:42 (rapping in foreign language)
01:04:48 (rapping in foreign language)
01:04:52 (people yelling)
01:05:15 (speaking in foreign language)
01:05:19 (speaking in foreign language)
01:05:25 - Hello, you're the George Lucas of Uganda.
01:05:29 - Thank you, thank you.
01:05:32 (speaking in foreign language)
01:05:36 - Where you picture Ngopa Luu in the next five years?
01:05:40 - I want to have a big studio
01:05:42 and start teaching the next generation.
01:05:44 (speaking in foreign language)
01:05:48 - Welcome to Wakaliwood.
01:05:52 (speaking in foreign language)
01:05:59 - Hello.
01:06:01 - It's a year of blessings, I'll say like that.
01:06:10 It's a year of blessings.
01:06:11 (people yelling)
01:06:13 (speaking in foreign language)
01:06:17 - Hello.
01:06:34 - Oh my gosh.
01:06:35 - Yes.
01:06:41 - Oh my gosh.
01:06:42 - Uh-huh.
01:06:43 (speaking in foreign language)
01:06:46 - My son, it's so good to have you here, my goodness.
01:06:50 This is my cat.
01:06:51 - No, where's my cat?
01:06:52 - Your cat, poor thing.
01:06:54 - The cat heaven.
01:06:55 - Yeah.
01:06:56 - Yeah.
01:06:57 - Oh, look at the tree for the shed.
01:06:58 - Oh yeah.
01:06:59 - Looks great.
01:07:00 - You think so?
01:07:01 - Yes, yes.
01:07:02 - I gotta teach you Luganda, Ma.
01:07:03 - Oh yeah?
01:07:04 - It's a good name, we're going.
01:07:06 (laughing)
01:07:10 It's cold.
01:07:12 - Let's go.
01:07:13 - Can you have the latest Playboy?
01:07:17 - Yes, I do.
01:07:18 You want it?
01:07:20 - Yes.
01:07:21 - You want it?
01:07:22 - Yeah, we went to buy it.
01:07:22 - Let's see this thing.
01:07:23 - Okay.
01:07:24 (speaking in foreign language)
01:07:26 (laughing)
01:07:28 - Isaac stands directing the cannibals.
01:07:35 He reminds them it's their first taste
01:07:36 of sweet Mzungu flesh.
01:07:38 When one snorts and growls,
01:07:40 the buana decides they're ready to start chewing.
01:07:43 It was always my dream to be topless in Playboy
01:07:47 and to be in the last nude issue.
01:07:49 That was fun.
01:07:51 Okay.
01:07:55 I fucked this up good.
01:08:11 (speaking in foreign language)
01:08:13 I don't think there's any way that I can look at it
01:08:16 and not think I fucked it up.
01:08:40 We are like looking for other ways
01:08:43 of how to earn an income
01:08:46 because movies have not yet started making profits.
01:08:49 So I started a business for doing cakes.
01:08:53 One day, like I was on YouTube doing research
01:08:56 for the makeup for the movie.
01:08:58 And then I came across the tutorial
01:09:00 of how to bake a cake.
01:09:01 What happened to the "Pose for Captain Alex" series?
01:09:06 The media station, though they paid some little money,
01:09:10 which we used in production.
01:09:12 There is no profit.
01:09:13 (laughs)
01:09:18 Newton, this is not yours.
01:09:19 (laughs)
01:09:20 - What?
01:09:21 - It's for the business.
01:09:23 I give you on this.
01:09:24 To help kids, to look after.
01:09:28 And we still can't pay the actors.
01:09:31 Now, at least the actors, they get simple lunch.
01:09:34 At least that's better.
01:09:36 But the profits I make out of cakes,
01:09:39 it can't help.
01:09:40 - Wakaliwood and myself, maybe we are becoming more famous,
01:10:00 but financially not.
01:10:02 I reached a point where I felt that I should leave this,
01:10:08 especially when I don't have school fees for my children.
01:10:11 It's like I'm betraying them
01:10:13 if I don't do something for their future.
01:10:15 And there are some actors who have left Wakaliwood,
01:10:19 thinking that I'll get a lot of money
01:10:21 and we don't pay them.
01:10:22 After seeing that I'm on big networks like CNN, BBC,
01:10:27 I've seen that it is misleading.
01:10:29 They think that I've got money,
01:10:31 but I'm still a poor man in the ghetto.
01:10:36 That is the point when I feel I should leave this.
01:10:39 But I'm struggling because that was my big dream.
01:10:42 If I stop trying to create a business,
01:10:46 it's like a total loss.
01:10:47 (baby crying)
01:10:51 (speaking in foreign language)
01:10:55 (people chattering)
01:10:58 (people chattering)
01:11:01 (speaking in foreign language)
01:11:05 (speaking in foreign language)
01:11:09 (people chattering)
01:11:31 (speaking in foreign language)
01:11:36 (speaking in foreign language)
01:11:40 (baby crying)
01:11:43 (speaking in foreign language)
01:11:49 (traffic rumbling)
01:12:06 (people chattering)
01:12:09 So this is my mom's kitchen table
01:12:18 in New York and I guess it's,
01:12:23 well, this is, it's Wakaliwood East or West.
01:12:28 I don't know, on the other side.
01:12:31 And it's also,
01:12:34 well, it's where I live basically.
01:12:36 These are T-shirts and that's my mom's stuff.
01:12:40 And I sleep on the couch there.
01:12:42 And my parents are away getting lunch,
01:12:48 so I'm taking advantage.
01:12:50 With Isaac, I think that was the first time in my life
01:12:55 where I just felt a chemistry, like a creative chemistry.
01:12:59 Like I felt I was bringing out really great stuff in him
01:13:02 and he was bringing out great things in me.
01:13:04 And coming from where I was, I was ready for marriage.
01:13:12 I wanted a lifelong commitment.
01:13:14 And then when that ended,
01:13:16 my heart was still in this idea of marriage, I think.
01:13:19 So I think that's what Wakaliwood became for me.
01:13:24 It was like I was married into it.
01:13:26 And my feeling with marriage
01:13:28 is that it's not about the easy times.
01:13:31 (car engine rumbling)
01:13:34 I read a lot about how bands break up.
01:13:37 (laughs)
01:13:41 It always comes down to communication,
01:13:45 or lack thereof, it seems.
01:13:47 But it's gonna be six years soon for me there.
01:13:52 I mean, that's almost, the Beatles were together for seven.
01:13:55 It's a long time.
01:13:59 And we could have been the Beatles of exploding heads, man.
01:14:04 Still can be.
01:14:05 But for me personally, Isaac is the one.
01:14:11 And I just have to prove to him that I'll do anything.
01:14:15 So even though Isaac is working on the local stuff
01:14:21 and we're not talking too much, I have to keep going.
01:14:25 I have to follow up on these leads
01:14:27 that I've been working on for years.
01:14:29 So I was able to get this screening in Kazakhstan,
01:14:32 of all places.
01:14:33 God forbid that they wanna buy DVDs.
01:14:38 So that's what I'm preparing for.
01:14:40 And we have to do it.
01:14:42 And right now it's only me because I got the damn visa.
01:14:45 But now we'll see if it works for an audience.
01:14:48 Not just on YouTube, but for a live audience in a theater.
01:14:51 Maybe it doesn't, and I'm just crazy.
01:14:53 (car engine rumbling)
01:14:56 (train horn blaring)
01:15:00 Isaac would tell me in the beginning,
01:15:26 that he could die happy
01:15:28 because of just the trailer for "Captain Alex."
01:15:30 And when he saw millions of people saw it,
01:15:32 he felt he contributed something to art and to the world
01:15:34 and people know his work and he can retire.
01:15:37 You know, he was very peaceful.
01:15:39 Like, no, you know, we did something.
01:15:41 And now I feel, you know, the same in that
01:15:47 I just wanted to enter him into the conversation
01:15:50 of film and art and life and he's there.
01:15:53 And that was the mission.
01:15:55 The first mission.
01:15:57 Part two then is to establish Isaac
01:16:00 as an artist of the first order.
01:16:02 (whistle blowing)
01:16:09 (laughing)
01:16:16 (indistinct chattering)
01:16:21 (speaking in foreign language)
01:16:25 (upbeat music)
01:16:27 - He got to finish it off.
01:16:51 (audience applauding)
01:16:55 - But you see why I moved there, yeah?
01:16:59 - If I wanna see every other movies from Mavokavut,
01:17:04 do I need go to Uganda or I can see it here?
01:17:07 - We have some DVDs here from Uganda
01:17:10 and they should work, you know, they don't always work.
01:17:14 I'm telling, like, I think he's the real thing.
01:17:15 Like, I think he's like a world-class storyteller.
01:17:19 Like, I think people all over the world are seeing something.
01:17:23 (upbeat music)
01:17:26 - Everything's going according to plan.
01:17:32 It's pouring rain, it's cold, no one's here.
01:17:35 - In Belgium, we are used to more classic stories.
01:17:40 So it's nice, it's funny, but it's different.
01:17:43 - For me, it's eye-opening because they don't want
01:17:46 to make movies about poverty and this and that.
01:17:48 They just want action movies.
01:17:50 And it's crazy, and it's beautiful.
01:17:52 I've never seen anything like it.
01:17:54 (upbeat music)
01:17:56 (indistinct chatter)
01:17:59 - It's a funny movie.
01:18:02 - They are great.
01:18:02 And the thing is, like, they still do not know
01:18:05 how good they are.
01:18:06 - Yeah, do you know what Hollywood, do you know?
01:18:11 This is their first autograph.
01:18:12 (upbeat music)
01:18:20 (crowd cheering)
01:18:23 - It's happening.
01:18:27 - Yeah, yeah.
01:18:28 - It's global.
01:18:28 (upbeat music)
01:18:31 - I'll go with you.
01:18:36 (upbeat music)
01:18:39 (laughing)
01:18:41 - Are any of these folks gonna be here?
01:18:44 - No, not because of visas.
01:18:45 You know, if they were wealthy, it might be different.
01:18:47 So the answer is yes, they're coming.
01:18:49 But it's, we're figuring it out.
01:18:52 - You're funny, too.
01:18:53 (upbeat music)
01:18:55 (laughing)
01:18:58 - I just wish he could have been there with me.
01:19:08 Or instead of me.
01:19:18 - So I'm gonna meet Peter.
01:19:19 He's now the head programmer for Midnight Madness
01:19:22 at Toronto International Film Festival,
01:19:24 which is easily one of the top five film festivals
01:19:26 on the planet.
01:19:27 And what that means is it's got an amazing audience,
01:19:29 but it's also the industry.
01:19:31 All the producers, all the directors, all the agents,
01:19:33 all the managers, everyone is there to look at
01:19:36 the new set of films to be discovered.
01:19:38 Then Peter was a big fan of ours from the beginning.
01:19:41 - I mean, the real short of it is, like,
01:19:43 I would love to play a Hollywood film in Toronto
01:19:45 at TIFF, at Midnight Madness.
01:19:46 I've mentioned it to the organizers there,
01:19:48 and it sounds great, and they have resources
01:19:51 that they'd like to throw at, like,
01:19:52 trying to figure out how we can get Isaac to be there.
01:19:54 - With Isaac there in person, that's the frickin' dream.
01:19:57 And this would be the first time
01:19:59 he's in a movie theater anywhere.
01:20:01 That's what I want, is him as an artist
01:20:03 to get to be in the audience.
01:20:05 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:20:06 Well, that's the thing, like,
01:20:07 Midnight is at the Ryerson, that's 1,200 seats.
01:20:09 - Jesus Christ.
01:20:11 - And we fill it.
01:20:13 - I feel like a kid.
01:20:14 - Hey.
01:20:25 How are you?
01:20:32 - I got out, done again.
01:20:34 (people chattering)
01:20:37 (laughing)
01:20:40 - Welcome back.
01:20:47 - Welcome back.
01:20:48 - Ay-yi-yi-yi, welcome.
01:20:49 - Jesus of Uganda.
01:20:51 - Now, you know what it is?
01:20:56 (laughing)
01:20:58 - All right, let's see the smell.
01:21:02 Hey, it's not bad.
01:21:04 Hey, it's not bad.
01:21:06 (growling)
01:21:08 How are you?
01:21:13 Hey, I have something for you.
01:21:15 (speaking in foreign language)
01:21:18 Holy crap, I spoke.
01:21:24 (laughing)
01:21:27 (speaking in foreign language)
01:21:32 Okay, (speaking in foreign language)
01:21:37 I don't know.
01:21:38 (speaking in foreign language)
01:21:42 - Hello.
01:21:57 Hey, wake up.
01:22:01 Hey.
01:22:02 - Fuck.
01:22:03 Oh, Jesus.
01:22:04 (laughing)
01:22:06 - Yeah.
01:22:08 Okay, let's have a little talk there in the other office.
01:22:14 Yeah, let's have a little talk and see.
01:22:16 - Let's do this.
01:22:26 - Let's do this.
01:22:27 - Hey, where are you going?
01:22:34 - I'm just gonna go out.
01:22:35 - You can't go outside.
01:22:36 - I have this.
01:22:37 The beginning of the morning.
01:22:40 (laughing)
01:22:49 This is Chizzeh.
01:22:52 That's you.
01:22:53 - That's Chizzeh, that's me?
01:22:54 Let's see it.
01:22:56 Yeah, go.
01:22:57 I'm great.
01:23:00 I'm good.
01:23:02 Yeah.
01:23:03 (laughing)
01:23:06 - I think people like that part here in Uganda
01:23:11 'cause it's the cannibals.
01:23:12 So I think they are, oh, I've never eaten a mzungu.
01:23:16 (laughing)
01:23:24 Oh, God, I was thin, Isaac.
01:23:26 But that's danger thing.
01:23:28 That's, that's, oh my God.
01:23:30 - So we need that size again.
01:23:31 - Look at that, that is not,
01:23:33 I, you know, I win an Oscar if I get to be that size again.
01:23:37 - But I think we have enough.
01:23:38 We might get some shots.
01:23:40 - Yeah.
01:23:41 - When you are this size,
01:23:42 but we try to hide some features.
01:23:45 - Look at the stars.
01:23:46 (singing in foreign language)
01:23:50 - This is great, Isaac.
01:23:51 It's, that's it.
01:23:53 I can sell that.
01:23:54 - It's gonna be like "Dawn of the Wind."
01:23:56 (laughing)
01:24:00 We do have very strong offers to play the film,
01:24:06 very strong places, Isaac, for this.
01:24:09 - We already have a big part of it.
01:24:11 - Or if, or if you prefer, I'm just saying,
01:24:13 "Eaten Alive," I know people want,
01:24:14 but if you prefer "Crazy World."
01:24:17 - In fact, with the "Crazy World,"
01:24:18 because it has the children,
01:24:20 I think it would be great.
01:24:23 - Yeah.
01:24:24 - So, so you know, Isaac, like for me,
01:24:26 the ultimate mission is I want you to be happy.
01:24:30 Because what I feel is when you are happy and excited,
01:24:33 it is the best art in the world.
01:24:34 - I think that's cool.
01:24:38 - That's great.
01:24:39 (laughing)
01:24:42 - What really unites us is movies.
01:24:48 (upbeat music)
01:24:51 (laughing)
01:24:53 - Where's the taxi?
01:25:15 - Where's the taxi?
01:25:16 (laughing)
01:25:18 - Yes, you can hear me.
01:25:27 Look at that.
01:25:27 So we check, beautiful.
01:25:29 How do we sound over there?
01:25:30 How do we sound?
01:25:31 Give me a thumbs up if we sound good.
01:25:33 You can laugh too.
01:25:33 Laugh if we sound good.
01:25:36 Laugh if we sound good.
01:25:37 (laughing)
01:25:38 Okay, great.
01:25:39 So you're hearing me, that's--
01:25:39 (crowd murmuring)
01:25:45 (crowd cheering)
01:25:48 - Good evening.
01:25:49 Hello everybody.
01:25:50 Hello.
01:25:51 Welcome.
01:25:53 I'm glad to be here because this is a special night.
01:25:56 This is a historic night.
01:25:58 This is the night of the world premiere of Crazy World.
01:26:02 (crowd cheering)
01:26:05 - For everyone from here in Uganda, enjoy the movie.
01:26:09 (crowd cheering)
01:26:13 - Yes, yes, okay, first time you see the belts.
01:26:15 Now let the action begin.
01:26:17 Come on now.
01:26:20 The wonder is also,
01:26:22 Tiger Muppet is a crazy world.
01:26:25 It's a crazy night in Toronto.
01:26:28 (crowd cheering)
01:26:30 So,
01:26:36 Scorpion kick.
01:26:40 (crowd cheering)
01:26:41 Crazy world premiere.
01:26:43 - Man's to the little.
01:26:46 - Vandamme.
01:26:47 - Vandamme.
01:26:48 - Vandamage.
01:26:51 - You cannot damage.
01:26:52 (crowd cheering)
01:26:55 - For the kings of a Hollywood,
01:26:59 the makers of the homes of the best of the best movies,
01:27:03 Isaac Nabwana.
01:27:04 (crowd cheering)
01:27:07 (upbeat music)
01:27:10 (crowd cheering)
01:27:12 (crowd cheering)
01:27:15 - Thank you very much.
01:27:41 (crowd cheering)
01:27:43 - It means to me to be here.
01:27:46 I can't believe what I'm seeing.
01:27:50 It makes me cry.
01:27:52 It's not because I'm sad, but I'm happy
01:27:56 that I'm here, finally.
01:27:58 As an artist, you want your works to go all over the world.
01:28:02 And this team really fought,
01:28:05 very hard to see that we come.
01:28:07 I know very well that the audience is my family
01:28:10 in this world.
01:28:13 (upbeat music)
01:28:15 I don't know what to say.
01:28:17 It means a lot to me.
01:28:19 (crowd cheering)
01:28:21 (upbeat music)
01:28:24 (crowd cheering)
01:28:27 (ethereal music)
01:28:53 (crowd cheering)
01:28:55 (crowd cheering)
01:29:04 - I think everyone in this world has got a dream.
01:29:18 So I'm very happy to see that my dream is becoming true.
01:29:21 (upbeat music)
01:29:23 Movies, they're always in my mind.
01:29:27 (gunshots)
01:29:29 That it is your talent and no one should lift it for you.
01:29:34 You have to struggle.
01:29:35 You have to keep on.
01:29:36 There has to be past to the next generation.
01:29:40 (gunshots)
01:29:43 (upbeat music)
01:29:45 (crowd cheering)
01:29:56 (gunshots)
01:30:07 (upbeat music)
01:30:10 (gunshots)
01:30:19 With the help of my family and the Okaru family,
01:30:31 I feel like I have pressed the first brick
01:30:34 in the foundation of the Ugrana film industry.
01:30:37 It's a very big thing and I'm proud.
01:30:39 I'm positive that my children and all my students
01:30:43 have taught over the years,
01:30:45 they won't fight for it.
01:30:47 (gunshots)
01:30:49 So Okaru will live forever.
01:30:56 (ethereal music)
01:30:58 (upbeat music)
01:31:05 (upbeat music)
01:31:08 We had many vistas, many fans from over the world.
01:31:15 We killed them all because we love them.
01:31:20 (upbeat music)
01:31:22 ♪ Let me tell you something new ♪
01:31:32 ♪ About the history of the man ♪
01:31:36 ♪ He's got nothing to lose ♪
01:31:40 ♪ He's got something better ♪
01:32:01 ♪ He stands out between nothing better ♪
01:32:06 ♪ Oh, it's the history of the man ♪
01:32:10 ♪ He stands out to lose ♪
01:32:30 ♪ No one is lost, he is human ♪
01:32:35 ♪ It's the history of the man ♪
01:32:39 ♪ Move out, move out, move out ♪
01:32:55 (upbeat music)
01:32:58 (upbeat music)
01:33:01 (upbeat music)
01:33:28 ♪ Let me tell you something new ♪
01:33:32 ♪ About the history of the man ♪
01:33:36 ♪ 'Cause he's got nothing to lose ♪
01:33:41 ♪ For he's got something better ♪
01:33:57 (electronic music)
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