Cinematographer Loukman Ali cracked open another opportunity with Netflix after uploading a five-minute martial arts clip on YouTube.
The short film dubbed “Ubuntu Uppercut” was uploaded on Loukman Ali’s YouTube channel on June,8 2023 and with in two days, it had gained 100,000views leaving everyone in awe that prompted Netflix to ask him for a longer version.
Loukman wrote on his Twitter handle saying, “We’ve reached 100k views, yeey!! Very soon, I’ll be able to make back 1% of the budget,” he tweeted.
Despite being unprepared to make a longer Version, he said there was an attempt to come up with something longer for the pitch.
The cast includes Lucy Bunyenyezi, Kiman Lee, Michael Wawuyo, Kizza Ssejjemba, Shurjan Njeri and A Pass. Wawuyo Jr is seen in the movie determined to rescue his captured daughter. It shall be recalled that Loukman Ali released another movie “The Girl In The Yellow Jumper” in 2020 that got onto Netflix in 2021, becoming Uganda’s first movie on the stre