Photojournalism: Honorable Mention 2020 (professional)
Wakaliwood / A movies factory inside a slum (Kampala, Uganda) by Erberto Zani (Italy)
ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Wakaliwood is not only a movies factory, but also an artistic and social experiment. Inside the slum of Wakaliga, one of poorest areas of Kampala (Uganda), the founder and director Isaac Nabwuana created in ten years dozens of action movies with low budget. Working as actors, many teenagers from underdeveloped places of all country, keep clear of alcohol and drugs.
AUTHOR
Erberto Zani is an Italian photographer and journalist freelance, based between Parma (Italy) and Basel (Switzerland). Since 1998 until 2004 he worked as photographer in advertisement sector. After some years as journalist for a local newspaper, becomes independent since 2008. Most of his works are focused on human rights issues.
Books published:
Vado, vedo, racconto (ed. Il mio libro, 2022), Urban Visions (ed. Blurb, 2021), Elemental Fashion (ed. Blurb, 2019), Exodus (ed. Blurb, 2018), Kied Pologo (ed. Stamperia, 2017), Aftermath (ed. Stamperia, 2016), Black World (ed. Stamperia, 2015), Maha Kumbh Mela (ed. Stamperia, 2014), Tsiry (ed. Stamperia, 2014), Babanagar-Colombia (ed. Stamperia, 2013), Sahel (ed. Stamperia, 2012), Hope (ed. Stamperia, 2011), Haiti, fragments (ed. Stamperia, 2010), Drops of Life (ed. Stamperia, 2010), Da Borgo San Donnino al Passo della Cisa (ed. Publiprint, 2006).
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