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ELEANOR NABWISO: Adventure drove me into arms of film industry

Eleanor and Mathew Nabwiso at the 2019 Uganda Film Festival awards ceremony. PHOTO | COURTESY

By  Bamuturaki Musinguzi

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Eleanor Nansibo Nabwiso, 31, is a Ugandan award-winning actress and film director at Nabwiso Films.

“The adventure and diversity in the film industry got me interested in acting. That you can be someone else or tell someone’s story and make others believe, is amazing. It is also amazing to express yourself through film to the world,” Eleanor tells The EastAfrican. 

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