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Hollywood stardust rubs onto Uganda filmmakers

Filmmaker Joel Tugaineyo shoots a video. He says there are international collaborators interested in working with local filmmakers like him. PHOTO/EDGAR R. BATTE

A bunch of Ugandans find themselves teeming with a new-found energy after coming through a three-day training workshop with two acclaimed Hollywood filmmakers.

The filmmakers, Effie Brown and Dana Sims, conducted the engagement dubbed ‘Experience of the Business of Film Workshop.’

Brown is a film producer, chief executive officer and majority owner of Gamechanger Films, which is behind titles such as: Real Women Have Curves, Dear White People, and Rocket Science.

On her part, Sims is an executive producer who has worked with music clients and crossed them over into film and television. These include Ludacris, Jill Scott, Common, Erykah Badu, Kanye West, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and Kirk Franklin.

Cissy Nalumansi, a film scriptwriter, producer and director told Saturday Monitor that her experience during the workshop was great.

She adds that the training focused more on how to pitch your show and the must haves for every pitch deck………………..CONTINUE READING………

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