On Set in Wakaliwood
On Set in Wakaliwood
Isaac Nabwana, Wakaliwood's founding director pulls a toy gun on the camera with the sudden intensity that marks his aethetic in Kampala's Wakaliga slum on Sunday, July 5, 2015.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Alan Hofmanis gets eaten by cannibals while filming on the set of "Eaten Alive in Uganda," on Sunday, July 5, 2015 in Kampala.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Bukenya Charles trains with a sword for a role in a Ramon Film Productions movie at the Country Wing martial arts school in Kampala on Friday, June 26, 2015.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Cast and crew members of Ramon Film Productions strike poses that communicate in the universal language of action. Front row, l-r, Ronald Kazibwe, Alan Hofmanis and Isaac Nabwana. Middle, l-r, and Apollo Creed Asiimwe and Bukenya Charles. In the doorway, Bisaso Daude as Ebola Hunter.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Ronald Kazibwe, left, squeezes actor-producer Alan Hofmanis's severed leg on the set of "Eaten Alive in Uganda" on Sunday, July 5, 2015 in Kampala's Wakaliga slum. Hofmanis is responsible for distributing Wakaliwood films internationally and growing slum studios international notoriety the over the last seven years,
On Set in Wakaliwood
Isaac Nabwana, in blue, films Alan Hofmanis getting dismembered by cannibals on the set of "Eaten Alive in Uganda" on Sunday, July 5, 2015 in Kampala.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Alan Hofmanis, left, gets hacked by Isaac Nabwana while Nabwana's wife, Harriet, watches on the set of "Eaten Alive in Uganda," on Sunday, July 5, 2015 in Kampala.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Isaac Nabwana ducks while filming a scene for his new action-horror film on location in Kalita, Uganda on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. The slum-dwelling director's narratives fuse Ugandan folklore with slap-stick comedy and action sequences inspired by American action films from the late 1970s and '80s that made their way to Uganda on VHS.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Toy military vehicles adorn Isaac Nabwana's editing studio in Kampala's Wakaliga slum on Sunday, July 5, 2015.
On Set in Wakaliwood
DVDs are strewn all over Isaac Nabwana's editing studio in Kampala's Wakaliga slum on Sunday, July 5, 2015.
On Set in Wakaliwood
DVDs are strewn all over Isaac Nabwana's editing studio in Kampala's Wakaliga slum on Sunday, July 5, 2015.
On Set in Wakaliwood
L-R Bukenya Charles and Bisaso Daude pilot the skeleton of what will soon be a life-size prop attack helicopter in Wakaliga, Uganda on Sunday, July 5, 2015.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Bisaso Daude as Ebola Hunter prowls the narrow alleyways Ramon Film Productions' post-apocalyptic set in Wakaliga, Uganda on Sunday, July 5, 2015.
On Set in Wakaliwood
(L-R) Apollo Creed Asiimwe, Ronald Kazibwe and Kagolo Francis munch on a stringy piece of human flesh (raw goat meat) on the set of "Eaten Alive in Uganda" on Sunday, July 5, 2015 in Kampala.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Actor Kagolo Francis poses in his cannibal attire on the set of "Eaten Alive in Uganda," on Sunday, July 5, 2015 in Kampala.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Actor Hawah Nabasauzi poses in her cannibal attire on the set of "Eaten Alive in Uganda," on Sunday, July 5, 2015 in Kampala.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Actor Kasirye John Bosco poses in his cannibal attire on the set of "Eaten Alive in Uganda," on Sunday, July 5, 2015 in Kampala.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Actor Nashibah Nakibuuka poses in her cannibal attire on the set of "Eaten Alive in Uganda," on Sunday, July 5, 2015 in Kampala.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Alan Hofmanis, Wakaliwood's expatriate promoter, producer and production manager poses in front of a "Who Killed Captain Alex?" movie poster in Kampala's Wakaliga slum on Sunday, July 5, 2015.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Martial artists train for roles in a Ramon Film Productions movie at the Country Wing martial arts school in Kampala on Friday, June 26, 2015.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Ugandan action film star Kizza Mamisuru Ssejjemba strikes a Kung-Fu pose in Kampala's Wakaliga slum on Saturday, June 27, 2015.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Emmie Bbatte, 29, interprets the action of an English language movie in his native Lugandan at his video hall on the outskirts of Kampala on Thursday, July 2, 2015. Later in the month he was nominated for Uganda's best VJ. Since his voice appeared in "Who Killed Captain Alex?" Bbatte's career has sky rocketed.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Emmie Bbatte, 29, poses for a photo outside his video hall on the outskirts of Kampala on Thursday, July 2, 2015. Later in that month he was nominated for Uganda's best VJ. Since his voice appeared in "Who Killed Captain Alex?" Bbatte's career has sky rocketed.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Harriet Nakassuja preens on the front porch of the Wakaliwood studios in Wakaliga, Uganda on Friday, June 26, 2015.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Ugandan kickboxing champion Golola Moses, 35, poses for photos with a child actor in Wakaliga on Sunday, June 28, 2015. Shortly after his visit, Golola announced he will be joining the cast of the next big action movie.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Isaac Nabwana, center, in blue instructs actors on the set of his new action film about a university riot in Kampala, Uganda on Wednesday, July 1, 2015. In the foreground, actor Ronald Kazibwe writes the next scene. Most Wakaliwood productions are heavily improvised.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Child actor Margaret Nassimbwa poses with prop night vision goggles in Kampala's Wakaliga slum on Sunday, June 28, 2015.
On Set in Wakaliwood
A prop machine gun awaits its next action movie sequence in Kampala's Wakaliga slum on Sunday, June 28, 2015.
On Set in Wakaliwood
A fraction of Ramon Film Production's arsenal of prop weapons in Kampala's Wakaliga slum on Sunday, June 28, 2015.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Transvestite gypsy singers perform at the Ramon Film Production studios in Wakaliga, Uganda on Thursday, July 2, 2015.
On Set in Wakaliwood
Martial Arts expert Bukenya Charles trains child action film stars in Kampala's Wakaliga slum on Sunday, June 28, 2015.
