Private Project

LALA

Having lost her mother during birth, Lala is raised by her grandmother until at 17 when she sets out to live with her father (Steve) in the city, Steve found himself another wife (Monica) in order to create a motherly environment for Lala. Monica and her seven year old daughter were jealous of the love Steve always gave her, in this case, Monica always mistreated her and even plotted to kill Lala unfortunately Steve dies in her daughter's place, this turns out to be a blessing in disguise giving Monica an opportunity to own everything and turn Lala into a maid. Monica's worry sprouts from her search for Steve's will in vain; she is scared of losing everything. She punishes Lala and locks her up for days without food forcing her to admit where the will was but honestly Lala also had no idea that her father's will was confined inside her late mother's old bible, Lala is later rescued by her school friend and the only thing she carries with her out of the house is the bible thus discovering the hidden will and redeeming everything.

  • KEVIN JOHNS NABUKENYA
    Director
    MEN IN SUITS
  • KEVIN JOHNS NABUKENYA
    Writer
    MEN IN SUITS
  • KEVIN JOHNS NABUKENYA
    Producer
    MEN IN SUITS
  • NABAKIIBI JOANAH JOJO
    Key Cast
    "LALA"
    LALA, TECORA, WITHOUT A WALKING STICK
  • NAMUTEBI TIHAN FADHIL
    ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
  • STEFFEN GERTH
    CO-PRODUCER
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 46 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 5, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    7,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Uganda
  • Country of Filming:
    Uganda
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - KEVIN JOHNS NABUKENYA

KEVIN JOHNS NABUKENYA, is an Award winning Ugandan Filmmaker and Lawyer by profession, who specializes in Directing and Screenwriting. She is the C.E.O of Kjohns Films Uganda LTD, a fully registered Film production Company based in Kampala Uganda, she has directed and Produced 3 amazing feature films, Men In Suits (2021), Lala (2022) & The Wave (2022) these have scooped various nominations and awards from major film festivals around the globe including The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) 2022 as well as the prestigious Uganda Film Festival (UFF), Kevin Johns has 2 short films, Inner Tears & Cry Out and she is also the director of projects like My Hood (2021), X-Employee (2020) among others. She studied Screenwriting & Film Directing at CineArts Academy as well as Marketing and Distribution at The Arts and Business Centre.

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Director Statement

Seeing from the film synopsis, Lala is a family drama aimed at addressing the issue of domestic violence in terms of step mothers mistreating their step children. Through the film we educate society that children are delicate and therefore ought to be treated well and equally; any kind of mistreatment can damage their brain and torture them psychologically leading to poor grades in class as well as self-doubt. Torture is a crime and subject to article 44 of the 1995 constitution of the republic of Uganda, everyone has a non derogable right to freedom from torture, cruel and inhuman treatment. The film Lala also addresses all other children’s rights as provided by Article 34 of the constitution and these rights ought to be upheld, taking them away is enough cause of action in the courts of law. Children ought to be treated equally biological or not as evidenced in the film.