My Sister's Blood
In the days where women Emancipation was at its low stage, Kizito 50 years marries nabiddo 16 years who goes to his house with Namakula 4 years who is her daughter she got after being raped but they hide it from Kizito and they call her a sister. One day Kizito gets to know about the lie from two boys who were back biting him. She goes back home and beats her up and she was running she hit her a stone and she dies.
Later after the burial and because he had lied about the death of Nabiddo, the dad gives kizito another daughter and a young sister to marry. And after some years , Kizito marries Namakula off to his best friend Mugema.
Thisngs become hard for her to the extend that she dies after delivering, leaving the baby in the arms of namwanga. Mugema also dies in a scandal with Kizito on the same day that namakula delivers.
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Lunagula AnnetWriterTranslated the dialogues from Luganda to English
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Kimbowa Derrick AlexanderDirector
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Lunagula AnnetProducer
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Zalwango VictoriaKey Cast"Namwanga "
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:40 minutes
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Completion Date:June 14, 2023
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Production Budget:700 USD
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Country of Origin:Uganda
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Country of Filming:Uganda
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Language:Other
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Kaduna international Film FestivalKaduna
Nigeria
August 28, 2024
YouTube Premiere
Official selection
Kimbowa Derrick Alexander, is a Ugandan emerging Filmmaker living in Kampala. He ventured into film in 2020 and he majored in directing and screeningwriting. He has studied both with Cine Arts Academy in 2022 and 2023. He has worked on different Ugandan projects like: Men in suits 2020, (Script supervisor), Cry out 2020, ( writer), The Wave 2022, ( actor), The Fallen Advocates 2023 ( Script supervisor), My Sister's Blood 2023 ( Director) and Posho Hunt, 2023 ( actor)
My Sister's Blood is a movie that talks about domestic violence that has its back during the old days in the times of grandparents who may be passed it on unto one generation to another. Forexapl mugema and kizito beat their wives and go on scot free.
In this short film, it also preaching against some unpopular cultural noms like widow inheritance.
Am the right person to tell this story because I am a man and I have been seeing these injustices that happen on women being practiced by men. This script is to advocate for equal rights between men and women. And to also sensitive the effects of Gender Based Violence