{UAH} Kwezi Patrick : Leading Uganda’s Film Industry To Its Peak

Leading Uganda's Film Industry To Its Peak

For ages, the film industry has been not leading, not because of the absence of consumers for the local content but a lot of key items affiliated seem to be a bottleneck to the consumer's rate.

It is believed that at least 65% of the Ugandan population all consume foreign content when it comes to film and movie production.

The stiff competition of movies and interesting series emanating from Koreans, Philippines, Chinese, Indians, Mexicans, Americans and many more.

Not forgetting the talented Nigerian movie actors and actresses that have stolen the hearts of Ugandans has entirely set a throbbing pace for other countries in the same field to pull up their socks.

For this enormous reason, a minority has at least tried to consume their own local content and it has led to a huge turn off from the Ugandan viewers.

In general, foreign content has out-competed the local one hence living it in a sorry state.

However, Mr. Kwezi Patrick who hosts "Cinemablitz" at NBS TV a show that typically features the latest blockbuster movies world over believes the Ugandan film industry can skyrocket if at all the government continues to inject in money.

This will help Ugandan film producers and directors to produce the best quality content that will compel the local film lovers to make better engagements.

And for all we know, we could get lucky if one of the films could be nominated in the Oscars.

This will turn heads that other people from the Diaspora will create a follow-up and they may invest and sponsor the film industry hence boosting it.

Do You Have Hope In The Ugandan Film Industry

Even though there is a tortoise kind of growth in the film industry, Mr. Kwezi has a strong belief in the Ugandan film industry.

The moment the movie called "Queen of Katwe" under Wakaliwood was produced and, multitudes fell in love with it because it consisted of the real actors and sceneries from our homeland.

Now, if at all other projects could take a leaf from this fashion of production, the film industry can develop and glory can be attained.

What hinders the growth of our own film industry?

Numerous items have hindered the growth of the Ugandan film industry, but the gigantic problem is Ugandan stories are copied and the approach which is not appealing to the nature of Ugandans.

In this case, Mr. Kwezi means that when Ugandans are coming up with film stories, they emphasize special effects which are a reflection of westernization instead of focusing on real African settings.

As a result, the clientele base which would have consumed our local content opt for the foreign content reason being it is interesting and more eye-catching.

Alternatively, Ugandans have not thought of using the nature they have at their disposal minimizing that it may not work and yet very many foreign movies depict African nature.

At this point, Mr kwezi emphasizes that to make Ugandans embrace the local content is through acting about the real things, African history, and focusing on proximity.

For instance, in Uganda, there was a great king from Bunyoro Kitaara Empire KABALEGA who fought hard against the rule of the colonialists and if at all one came up with a script of that style.

Then we should expect support from people and the government.

Focus On The True Stories

Because the writer will be basing on a true story other than concoctions and in the process, the actor will be showcasing what Uganda had and how blessed it was.

Adding salt in a wound, most of the actors have poor made costumes something that has really killed the love of Ugandans from demanding for more.

In a bid to solve this problem, great costume designers have to be artistic and amazing shooting sceneries such that everything could seem to be real.

If at all these big issues are worked upon, the love and the glory of the Ugandan film industry can be attained.

Partially, Mr.kwezi believes there is still another problem of regulators' effortless intervention to reduce the distribution of foreign content which has outcompeted the locally produced content.

In a nutshell, the Ugandan film industry can shoot up only if there is a substantial financial injection in terms of purchasing great costumes for acting, hiring better sceneries for acting and also the limitation of the foreign content.

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