Culture finds: Mira Nair does Uganda, the year of the ox and how to live the four-hour work week
Filmmakers in Uganda are given an opportunity to tell their own stories through Mira Nair's Maisha Film Lab.
Shot Out of Africa
During the summers when filmmaker Mira Nair (The Namesake, Monsoon Wedding) isn’t on set or in the editing suite, you’ll find her overseeing the action at the Maisha Film Lab, a film school she founded in Uganda, which provides professional training to emerging screenwriters and film directors from East Africa and South Asia.
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