Real life & Animated Documentary Film 2010

A New film for East Africa, from Uganda. Released: April 2010.
By Simon Bird & Simon Lokai.

Download FILM TRAILER 1:40 seconds. 16.8 MB .mpg(zipped) VCD format.

Download FILM TRAILER 1:40 seconds. 2.2 MB .3gp(zipped) Mobile Phone format.

I am currently in Uganda until 19th of July 2010, so, to buy the DVD, please telephone me on +256 (0) 785427305 or email. simoncbird@hotmail.com

I can then drop the DVD around to your address in Kampala or Moroto.

The price is 10,000 USH

The profits from sales is going to Karamoja Design, a craft group set up by the Karamojong from Kisenyi Ghetto, they are now based in Moroto.

Thank you. from Simon...

Karamoja City Warriors 45 minutes

Subtitles: English / Swahili - Language: karamojong - Video (4:3) Stereo

This Documentary Film follows the story of Lucia, begging on the streets with children, and, eventually, her return to Karamojaland. We listen to what the elders have to say, and, let the women, who are trafficking the children for begging, justify themselves.

The film combines real life video with an animated story, which is from the child's perspective.

Karamoja Faces - 16 minutes

Subtitles: English / Swahili - Language: karamojong / Lugandan / English - Video: (4:3) Stereo

This Animated Documentary Film follows the story of a small Karamojong boy, who is taken to the city to beg. He encounters the hazards of the street, and, is finally returned to Karamojaland, where his animal guardians organise a better future for him.

Animated pictures & storyboards were created by children from Kisenyi Ghetto Kampala.

Background information

An increasing number of Karamojong women are trafficking children and babies to the city, then making them beg on the street to get money.

For the authorities of Kampala, the capital of Uganda, this Karamojong issue is a major problem. Children are getting knocked by vehicles, and babies are suffering from being left in the sunshine.

To begin with, Armed inter-tribal Cattle Raiding and yearly famine were the main factors for this exodus to the city. Now, however, with the help of the UN, and, a new Government Disarmament Program, many of the guns have been removed, and the hunger alleviated to an extent.

But, these improvements to the situation in Karamojaland, have taken nearly a decade. Giving the Karamojong enough time to have set up networks in the major cities of Uganda. Coupled with this, the word has also spread, that, using children and babies as objects for begging, is, somehow, more profitable than staying in Karamojaland.

For further information about the issues faced by Karamojong... read -

Article: Removing Karamojong for CHOGM 19/10/2007.