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 freelance photojournalist based between Parma (Italy) and Basel (Switzerland). Since 2008 he focused on capturing people’s daily life, strength in their environments. His work documents social and environmental issues, systemic inequalities, cultural traditions.
His photo has been published on BBC Newsround, Cnn Travel, Der Spiegel, El Pais, Financial Times, Lonely Planet, The Economist, The Times, among others.

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