23 Films & TV Shows Set In Uganda
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Kony: Order from Above
๐บ๐ฌ UgandaTwo lovers caught in the conflict of war and the choice between love and duty. Otti, is abducted by the LRA at the age of 11 and is raised as a rebel with no room of escape. Despite the circumstances, his love for Aguti remains. In an effort to keep in touch with her, he writes and delivers letters through the village reverend - only to be discovered by the rebels who raid and abduct everyone from the girl's school she's in. Upon arrival at the rebel camp, the abductees are paraded before Kony whose interest falls upon Aguti without knowledge of the relationship between her and Otti.The two lovers struggle to keep their love a secret and also plot their escape.
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The Mercy of the Jungle
๐จ๐ฌ Congo ๐จ๐ฉ Congo Democratic Republic of the ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda The 1990sThe Mercy of the Jungle is a road movie that deals with wars in Congo through the eyes of two lost soldiers in the jungle by showcasing their struggle, weakness and hope.
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7 Days in Entebbe
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda The 1970s248 passengers were held hostage. For seven days, the world was held captive. โ In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane en route from Tel Aviv to Paris and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda. With 248 passengers on board, one of the most daring rescue missions ever is set in motion.
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A Kalabanda Ate My Homework
๐บ๐ฌ UgandaA tale of a boy and his encounter with a Kakalabanda (a mythical creature that is said to haunt schools in Uganda) bringing a ridiculous twist to the infamous excuse โthe dog ate my homeworkโ.
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The Pearl of Africa
๐บ๐ฌ UgandaCaptures an intimate's struggle for the right to love. Following a Ugandan transgender girl, forced to leave her country.
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Queen of Katwe
๐ท๐บ Russia ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda The 2000s The 2010sA young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
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Bad Black
๐บ๐ฌ UgandaThe Wakaliwood saga continues โ A mild-mannered 'muzungu' doctor is trained in the art of ass-kicking commando vengeance by his no-nonsense, pint-sized sidekick. Meanwhile, Bad Black and her gang of drug-pushing musicians navigate the choppy waters of Ugandan life- and climb the ladder of its underworld- in this sprawling Wakaliwood epic.
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Mountains of the Moon
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe The 1910s The 1900sChander Pahar follows Shankar Choudhury, a 20 year-old that takes a job working for the Uganda Railway, and winds up quitting his job in search of diamonds and the Kenya's Mountain of the Moon. Based on the popular Bengali adventure novel of the same name.
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Kengere
๐บ๐ฌ UgandaThis story, innovatively told using puppets, relates an event whereby soldiers locked 69 people in a train and set fire to it. Later on, a cyclist returns to his village to look for a cassette tape that contains the voices of the victims.
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Who Killed Captain Alex?
๐บ๐ฌ UgandaEXPECT THE UNEXPECTABLE! โ Recognized as Ugandaโs first action film, Who Killed Captain Alex? is about the aftermath of a police raid in Kampala in which a police captain is killed.
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War Dance
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda The 2000sThe war stole everything, except their music. โ Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival.
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The Last King of Scotland
Scotland ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda The 1970sCharming. Magnetic. Murderous. โ Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.
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Casino Royale
Florida ๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐ฒ๐ฌ Madagascar ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro England ๐ง๐ธ Bahamas ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia ๐ท๐ธ Serbia ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda The 2000sEveryone has a past. Every legend has a beginning. โ Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bondโon his maiden mission as a 00 Agentโto attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.
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Invisible Children
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda The 2000sDiscover the Unseen โ In the spring of 2003, three young filmmakers traveled to Africa in search of a story. What started out as a filmmaking adventure transformed into much more when these boys from Southern California discovered a tragedy that disgusted and inspired them, a tragedy where children are both the weapons and the victims. After returning to the States, they created the documentary "Invisible Children: Rough Cut," a film that exposes the tragic realities of northern Uganda.s night commuters and child soldiers. The film was originally shown to friends and family, but has now been seen by millions of people. The overwhelming response has been, "How can I help?" To answer this question, the non-profit Invisible Children, Inc. was created, giving compassionate individuals an effective way to respond to the situation.
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The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda Africa - GeneralThe Circle of Life Continues... โ The circle of life continues for Simba, now fully grown and in his rightful place as the king of Pride Rock. Simba and Nala have given birth to a daughter, Kiara who's as rebellious as her father was. But Kiara drives her parents to distraction when she catches the eye of Kovu, the son of the evil lioness, Zira. Will Kovu steal Kiara's heart?
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Mighty Joe Young
๐บ๐ฌ UgandaSurvival is an instinct. โ As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.
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Mississippi Masala
Mississippi ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda The 1970s The 1990sPassion. Tradition. Mix it up. โ An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.
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Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda The 1970sThe rage of a maniac... the rape of a people! โ The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.
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Operation Thunderbolt
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda The 1970sIn July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in Israeli prisons. After much debate, the Israeli government sent an elite commando unit to raid the airfield and release the hostages.
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Victory at Entebbe
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda The 1970sThe film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.
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Raid on Entebbe
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda The 1970sBased on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually flew so far and rescued the passengers in one of the most successful Military operations in history. The only casualty for Israeli soldiers was Lt. Col. Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu..
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Virgin of the Jungle
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya ๐บ๐ฌ UgandaTwo unscrupulous explorers rob a sacred diamond from the Basoko tribe of leopard-men. Their white queen, Gungala, and her pet, a black panther, lead the revenge to impose the justice of the jungle.
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Man of Africa
๐บ๐ฌ UgandaFilmed in Uganda, Man of Africa was assembled by legendary documentary producer John Grierson. The film depicts the mass migration of the Bakija and Batwa tribes to a new territory after the natural resources of their native soil has been depleted. The pro-ecological message is always present, but never so much as to degenerate into fatuous speechmaking. As a means to introduce the semblance of a plot, writer/director Cyril Frankel concentrates on the trials and tribulations of clerk-cum-farmer Jonathan (Frederick Bijurenda) and his native sweetheart Violet (Violet Mukabuerza). Print quality in Man of Africa varies from adequate to murky.