Welcome To Wakaliwood
January / February, 2016
WELCOME TO WAKALIWOODIN THE HEART OF UGANDA, TWO AMATEUR FILMMAKERS ARMED WITH A CAST OF UNTRAINED ACTORS, A STACK OF VIOLENT SCRIPTS AND A DREAM OF MAKING IT BIG FIGHTFORTHEPRAISE —AND THE MONEY —OF HOLLYWOOD F our Ugandan men hover over a slaughtered goat in Wakaliga, a dusty, sun- soaked slum on the outskirts of Uganda's capital city of Kampala. It's nearly sunset on a Saturday, and a dozen thin-armed locals shuffle around them unfazed, hustling jackfruit and mobile-phone cards. One of the me...