Ugandan-American Hollywood actor Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine is crowdfunding to raise over $10,000 to be awarded to the winner of a short film competition that aims to promote tourism in the country. He has pledged $1,000 of his own money.
The competition, dubbed This Is Uganda, is Ntare’s initiative, open to original productions by Ugandans, done in any local language with Kiswahili or English subtitles; and not be more than five minutes long. Multiple entries are allowed and deadline for submissions is April 15.