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From Ghetto to Parliament - DOCUMENTARY FILM

Bobi Wine, Uganda’s well known ghetto singer, making it into politics.

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From Ghetto to Parliament - DOCUMENTARY FILM

From Ghetto to Parliament - DOCUMENTARY FILM

From Ghetto to Parliament - DOCUMENTARY FILM

From Ghetto to Parliament - DOCUMENTARY FILM

From Ghetto to Parliament - DOCUMENTARY FILM

Bobi Wine, Uganda’s well known ghetto singer, making it into politics.

Bobi Wine, Uganda’s well known ghetto singer, making it into politics.

Bobi Wine, Uganda’s well known ghetto singer, making it into politics.

Bobi Wine, Uganda’s well known ghetto singer, making it into politics.

Michiel Voogt
Michiel Voogt
Michiel Voogt
Michiel Voogt
1 Campaign |
Kampala, Uganda
€4,135 EUR 62 backers
82% of €5,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
From Ghetto to Parliament is a documentary about the life of Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine), a freedom fighter who unifies his music with politics. His life reflects the current Ugandan society in which, corruption, intimidation and violence are everyday events.

The story focuses on the titanic fight for freedom, in which the optimistic Bobi Wine is pitted against a dictatorship that is heavily imbedded in the country. Bobi Wine’s unfiltered criticism of a society in which over 20 special military units preserve the country's totalitarian regime, brings a fiery intensity to the situation. How far will he go to liberate his country? And what part does his music play in this story?

The film ‘from ghetto to parliament’ illustrates the life of a freedom fighter in a deteriorating totalitarian regime. It shows the overwhelming race for parliament candidacy, hot-headed tojikwatako campaign (hand off our constitution!), death threats and immoral abolishment of the presidential age requirements. 

What We Need & What You Get

This documentary is being realised in Uganda as we speak. It is directed by Thimaud Lallemand de Driesen and produced by. This project relies heavily on local talent. To finance this, we need your help. The help that is being offered by locals, is often on a voluntary basis, since the locals see the value in their story being told. In addition to the interviews and video material that is being shot at the moment, we need archival footage of Uganda to tell the entire story as well as possible. We need to pay for the rights to use this archival footage and this our biggest expense. The rest of our budget will go towards other various expenses such as travelling costs of the crew. 

Risks & Challenges

As you can imagine, shooting a documentary in a country under a dictator's reign is not easy, especially when you are shooting a film about that dictator's worst enemy. Shooting this documentary therefore can carry risks. We, the filmmakers and the local population who help us in our efforts take this risk, because we believe that this story needs to be told. 

Through knowledge of the country and its population, we see the possibility of achieving our goal.

And that's all there is to it.

And with the help of many local heroes!

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DIGITAL COPY OF THE FILM

€20 EUR
When we cross the finish line, you’ll get a first look and the final cut of the film long before the public has access to it!
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  • DIGITAL COPY OF THE FILM
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FILM CREDIT

€100 EUR
Donate because you simply want to support the project and we'll acknowledge you in the films credits.
Included Items
  • DIGITAL COPY OF THE FILM
  • FILM CREDIT
  • Bobi Wine CD
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ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

€500 EUR
Be a part of the team. Receive an associate producer credit on the big screen. Plus all the items listed.
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  • DIGITAL COPY OF THE FILM
  • FILM CREDIT
  • ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
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CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP

€1,000 EUR
Donate here and we'll make your company an official sponsor in the credits. We'll include you're company logo as a sponsor in all of our email signatures and add you as a sponsor to all our social media accounts. How about some tickets when our movie premieres? You got it.
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