{"id":52003,"date":"2020-05-30T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/une-fois-encore-wakaliwood-sapprete-a-dominer-le-monde\/"},"modified":"2020-05-30T18:05:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T17:05:07","slug":"wakaliwood-crazy-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wakaliwood-crazy-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Once again, Wakaliwood is ready to take over the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Crazy World,<\/em> Isaac Nabwana\u2019s latest action movie, filmed in Wakaliwood studio in Kampala, is in the spotlight at the Toronto International Film Festival. Hollywood should be worried \u2013 Wakaliwood has arrived.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Beef blood, pirate distribution, extras from the whole neighbourhood, metal tubes and frying pans being used to make rocket launchers and maximum mess&#8230; In Wakaliga, a ghetto in the Ugandan capital Kampala, Isaac Nabwana aka Nabwana IGG \u2013 the Tarantino of Uganda \u2013 is circumventing the film industry. He is responsible for the creation of Wakaliwood: an open-air pirate film studio, which for more than a decade has been making crazy, 100% DIY action movies, all acted by local residents, and packed with mad special effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"WHO KILLED CAPTAIN ALEX Original Trailer - Wakaliwood, Uganda - Ramon Film Productions\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BymeLkZ7GqM?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Teaser:  Who Killed Captain Alex. Ramon Film Productions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Computer-generated explosions, plots worthy of the worst Chuck Norris films \u2013 something that Isaac loves \u2013, Ugandan Kung-Fu, all mixed with torrents of fake blood. Gems like <em>Who Killed Captain Alex<\/em>, <em>TEBAATUSASULA<\/em>, <em>Bad Black<\/em>, and <em>Operation Kakongoliro!<\/em> have racked up millions of views on the YouTube channel Official Wakaliwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wakaliga district\u2019s amazing creativity is now being broadcast far beyond the borders of Kampala. Selected by the prestigious TIFF, Isaac&#8217;s brand new film, <em>Crazy World<\/em> will be available for the week of We Are One, an online film festival, alongside Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, and Jackie Chan. Red carpet Kampala!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Crazy World<\/em> is available for one week on<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" YouTube (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r713MM-dJMg\" target=\"_blank\"> YouTube<\/a> during <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"We Are One: A Global Film Festival (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weareoneglobalfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">We Are One: A Global Film Festival<\/a> from 29th May 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2cab0ecf-wakaliwood--1010x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2cab0ecf-wakaliwood--1010x758.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2cab0ecf-wakaliwood--759x569.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2cab0ecf-wakaliwood--1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2cab0ecf-wakaliwood--661x496.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2cab0ecf-wakaliwood--465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2cab0ecf-wakaliwood--375x281.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2cab0ecf-wakaliwood-.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1347\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/e5c3f674-wakaliwood21-1010x1347.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/e5c3f674-wakaliwood21-1010x1347.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/e5c3f674-wakaliwood21-759x1012.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/e5c3f674-wakaliwood21-661x881.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/e5c3f674-wakaliwood21-465x620.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/e5c3f674-wakaliwood21-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/e5c3f674-wakaliwood21.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/782b3eff-wakaliwood23-1010x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/782b3eff-wakaliwood23-1010x758.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/782b3eff-wakaliwood23-759x569.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/782b3eff-wakaliwood23-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/782b3eff-wakaliwood23-661x496.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/782b3eff-wakaliwood23-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/782b3eff-wakaliwood23-375x281.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/782b3eff-wakaliwood23.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Photos credit: Wakaliwood &#8211; 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