Nabwana IGG
Directing
Biography
Nabwana Isaac Godfrey Geoffrey (IGG) produces, directs, shoots, writes, and edits action films from his home in the slums of Wakaliga, Uganda. A self-taught filmmaker, IGG's film education consists of one course in computer repair (he was forced to drop out after the first month due to lack of funds) and his own trial-and-error experiences with cameras and editing equipment. He began filmmaking at age 32, just after the birth of his first child. While supporting himself and his family as a school teacher, IGG founded Ramon Film Productions (the name is derived from his grandmothers, Rachel and Monica, who raised him and saw the family safely thru Uganda's civil war). Based in the small home he shares with his wife and co-editor, Harriet, and their three children. RFP has produced over 44 feature films since 2005 (as of Jan 2015) and is best-known for Who Killed Captain Alex: Uganda First Action-packed Movie and Tebaatusasula. Trailers for IGG's work have gone viral, but the films themselves remain largely unseen outside the slums surrounding Kampala, Uganda.
Known For
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong over the decades, transformed Western action cinema and inspired the birth of cultural movements such as blaxploitation, hip hop music, parkour and Wakaliwood cinema.
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Recognized as Uganda’s first action film, Who Killed Captain Alex? is about the aftermath of a police raid in Kampala in which a police captain is killed.
Who Killed Captain Alex?
A mild-mannered doctor is trained in the art of ass-kicking commando vengeance by a no-nonsense ghetto kid in an effort to regain a family heirloom from Uganda’s toughest gang.
Bad Black
A first-of-its-kind cinematic collaboration between Israel and Uganda. The son of the Prime Minister of Israel is in danger of becoming a victim in a mysterious ceremony of the Ugandan Tiger Mafia, which specializes in kung-fu and black magic. In order to rescue him, the State of Israel sends a pair of special commando fighters to Uganda, whose partnership was broken up by a bitter conflict in the past. If the commando fighters do not succeed in overcoming the hardships of their past, the fate of the Jewish and Ugandan people will be sealed forever.
Operation Wakaliga: Fate and Blood
In the slums of Kampala, two men from opposite sides of the world come together over a shared love for America’s greatest hero: Rambo. Against all odds, the two make their own action movies with no money — and bring joy to millions of people on the internet. Welcome to “Wakaliwood.” Through comedy and kung-fu, "Once Upon a Time in Uganda" chronicles the unlikely friendship between Isaac Nabwana, a director hailed as “Africa’s Tarantino,” and Alan Hofmanis, a film programmer from New York. While Isaac tirelessly makes feature after feature, Alan brings his films to international audiences. But tensions flare as Isaac’s star rises — threatening their partnership and all of Wakaliwood.
Once Upon a Time in Uganda
A cannibalistic/zombesque film made by simple, genuine people who live in a place where cannibalism is still practiced and where the living dead, for the natives of the place, are part of their beliefs, their folklore.
Eaten Alive in Uganda
Another supa action movie
The Revenge
A gang of child-snatching mobsters make a fatal mistake when they kidnap the Waka Stars, a team of pint-sized kung-fu masters who soon turn their cunning wits and deadly skills upon their captors.
Crazy World
A sequel to the cult classic action film.
Who Killed Captain Alex 2
Ebola hunters stomp out the Ebola virus.
Tebaatusasula: Ebola
A rescue team is on a dangerous mission into the jungle!!!!
Rescue Team
The violent youths went to the funeral at Ntwetwe village but they left with the bad behavior they showed to the villagers which led them to meet a dark and merciless world.
Ejjini lye ntwetwe
New action movie from Wakaliwood.
Kapitano
A loving husband and father, Isaac is an unlikely multi-hyphenate action filmmaker working from his home in the slums of Wakaliga, Uganda. This funny, touching and inspiring story celebrates the art of filmmaking and the pure joy of creativity.
Wakaliwood: The Documentary
In this Wakaliga Uganda story about human trafficking, a German football player and his wife search for their missing son.
Football Kommando
It's an action packed movie
Bukunja Tekunja Mitti: The Cannibals
TEBAATUSASULA was filmed in the slums of Wakaliga, Uganda. The film was lost after Wakaliwood's computer was damaged by a power surge. Only its trailer survives.
Tebaatusasula
an action packed movie
Black
When members of Tiger Mafia attack a music festival and against orders begin to shoot civilians the protector spirit of Nyege Nyege Island is summoned to help.
Attack on Nyege Nyege Island
Two brothers get into a misunderstanding over who is the rightful master of Kung Fu.