The FILM: The Boda Boda Thieves (2015) (Drama | 85 min)
After his father is injured in a road accident, 15 year old Abel takes up the
responsibility of manning the family boda boda (motorcycle taxi)
to provide for the family.
However, Abel is always on the lookout for a shortcut. And when a local
hustler offers him the chance of being a snatch and grab get-away driver, he
lurches headlong into a world of easy money and quick thrills.
Then it all turns sour when Abel himself is robbed of his father's boda boda.
He is now forced to pile lie upon lie to his parents and to the authorities,
as he searches for the stolen motorbike through the underbelly of Kampala.
The CAST:
Abel - Hassan 'Spike' Insingoma
Dad - Michael Wawuyo Sr. (A Taste of Our Land, 2020)
Mom - Prossy Rukundo
Lex (Friend) - Saul Mwesigwa
Community Leader -
Andrew Benon Kibuuka (Contention, 2022)
PHOTOS:
The CREW:
Director: Donald Mugisha (Divizionz)
Cinematography: Carol Burandt von Kameke
Writers: Donald Mugisha, James Tayler, Wanjiku S. Muhoho
Producer: Wanjiku S. Muhoho, Donald Mugisha, James Tayler
Composer (Original Soundtrack): Graeme Lees, Peter Miles
Editor: James Tayler
Costume Design:
Shakira Kibirige
(Contention 2022)
Executive Producers: Donald Mugisha, James Tayler
Production Company: Deddac, Switch Films, Hot Sun Films, Augenschein Filmproduktion
Country of Origin: Uganda
Language: Luganda (English subtitles)
Date of Release: July, 2015
Reviews:
"Only toward the very end does the tension onscreen match the stakes of the drama. The film’s resolution is ambiguous" – The Hollywood Reporter.
NEWS about this
Film:
This movie is a homage to the 1948 neorealist masterpiece LADRI DI
BICICLETTE by Vittorio De Sica. The intention is neither to reinterpret the
movie nor to copy it. It’s simply the transfer of classic social realism
into the contemporary world, which allows rediscovering Africa from the
saddle of a Boda Boda - Source, Augenschein Filmproduktion
WATCH THE TRAILER for 'Boda Boda Thieves' (1:08 min):
