Nerdly » The Filmmaker’s Podcast #356: ‘Once Upon a Time in Uganda’ director Isaac Nabwana

11th Sep2023

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #356: ‘Once Upon a Time in Uganda’ director Isaac Nabwana

by Phil Wheat

Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dome Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #356: How to make indie films for under $200 with director Isaac Nabwana ‘Once Upon a Time in Uganda’

Join us this week as we chat to self taught Ugandan writer, director and producer Isaac Nabwana all about how he makes his action packed and often hilarious indie films with his community, created Wakaliwood makes them for under £200 each. He also stars in the feature documentary ‘Once Upon a Time in Uganda’. Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir had a great chat with Isaac all about his beginnings as a filmmaker and why he wanted to make movies.

We talk how he went from music to movies.

How he borrowed his brothers camera to start.

Taught himself to shoot and edit via YouTube and built his own props.

Why he now teaches others to do the same.

All under very difficult circumstances.