Memories of Love Returned (2024)

Directed by

Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine

Genre

documentary

Country

United States of America, Uganda

Runtime

1h 17m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a Ugandan photographer who spent over fifty years capturing everyday life in his rural town. It examines his archive and how his images preserve a community's history and identity.

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What happens

Memories of Love Returned is a 2024 documentary film directed, written, and produced by Ugandan American filmmaker and actor Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine. Executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, the film chronicles the life and work of Kibaate Aloysius Ssalongo, a rural Ugandan photographer whose vast archive documented the town of Mbirizi for over five decades. The film premiered on the festival circuit in late 2024 and 2025, winning several awards, including Best Documentary at the Zanzibar International Film Festival and the Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary at the Pan African Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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