Uganda: Timbuktu Is Africa's Lone Shot At Oscars
January 22, 2015
By Andrew Kaggwa*
In one of these pages, we predicted that 2015 was going to be a good year for Ugandan film.
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What we forgot, was to tag the African film flag, which is taking remarkable strides in the past few years. Last year, director Roger Ross Williams’ God Loves Uganda made the shortlist; there was a lot of anticipation that since it was during that period that the anti-gay bill was signed into law, the Academy awards (Oscars) would consider and nominate the documentary.
But it didn’t happen; they, instead, went for The Square by Egyptian filmmaker Jehane Noujaim; it was a documentary about the ongoing Arab Spring that started in 2011, from its roots in Tahrir Square. The Square walked away with the best documentary gong at the Oscars, making it the second African winner alongside Lupita Nyong’o, who won best supporting actress for her role in 12 Years A Slave.
This year, the much- coveted Academy awards are upon us again and we had a lot of expectations this year, especially with the premiere of films such as Veve from Kenya, October 1 from Nigeria and Timbuktu (Mauritius/Mali). However, only Timbuktu made it to the list of Oscar nominees that were announced last Thursday.
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