AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL NEW ZEALAND

Synopsis

Ntare Mwine’s chance encounter with photographer Kibaate Aloysius Ssalongo, when his car breaks down in Kibaate’s village, becomes a 22 year journey  exploring Kibaate’s life and photography. Simultaneously the relationship between the two hugely impacts Ntare himself, as well as the community whose photographic portraits Kibaate made a generation ago. A complex and intimate picture of the community emerges from their collaboration. This film is so rich in humanity with its strengths, its foibles and challenges, that you almost feel you belong yourself to the characters that populate this small village in Uganda.

Awards: Audience Award, Pan African Film Festival (US); Best Documentary, African International Film Festival (US)