FAMILY TREE
DIR. NICOLE AMANI MAGABO KIGGUNDU 2021 / UGANDA / 17 MINS
Nagawa, an 8-year-old school girl, believes she has an idyllic childhood until a disastrous accident leaves her famous father fighting for his life. Nagawa and her mother arrive at the hospital, and as the private ward starts to fill up, Nagawa soon realizes that her family is much bigger than she originally thought.
CREDITS
Written By NICOLE AMANI MAGABO KIGGUNDU
Produced By NICOLE AMANI MAGABO KIGGUNDU
Co-Produced By SEAN ADAM KAGUGUBE & AFSA UMUTESI
Executive Produced By SEAN ADAM KAGUGUBE, ANNA NATION KÄHLER,
GILBERT J. KIMANZI, GORDIAN KYOMUKAMA, LILLIAN PEACE MAGABO,
NTSHEPENG MOTEMA-ALEXANDRA, VINCENT MUGISHA & ALI MUSOKE
Edited By ESTHER KINTU
Director of Cinematography ALI MUSOKE
Sound By TIMOTHY TONNY KASSOMA & LILLIAN KEISHANYU
Music By PETER MUHIRE
Production Design By KENNETH KAWISO
Featuring BROMMIE ABRAHAMZ, FELIX BWANIKA, CHLOE KABUYE, AZIZ KIBAZO,
IRENE NAKITTO, TAYO SHONUBI, ESTERI TEBANDEKE & GLADYS OYENBOT)
OFFICIAL SELECTION
CAPITOL HILL FILM FESTIVAL
Washington, DC
December 2020
Washington, DC
December 2020
REEL SISTERS OF THE DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL
Brooklyn, NY
November 2020
Brooklyn, NY
November 2020
NGALABI INTERNATIONAL SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
Kampala, Uganda
February 2020
Kampala, Uganda
February 2020
PAN-AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL
Los Angeles, CA
February 2020
Los Angeles, CA
February 2020
ABOUT NICOLE AMANI MAGABO KIGGUNDU
Nicole is a Ugandan-American writer, director, producer and journalist. Family Tree was inspired by the ambivalent nature of family. Nicole is writing a play about a past Ugandan president and his prime minister, and is developing her first feature, Good Girl, about a woman’s struggle to choose between her truth and family.
You can find Nicole on her Twitter.
