Memories of Love Returned
New York African Film Festival 2025
May 7 - 13, 2025
Executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine’s intimate, nuanced documentary about the transformative power of photography was named best documentary at the Africa International Film Festival.
Q&A with Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine on May 10
On April 24, 2002, filmmaker Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine’s car broke down in the small town of Mbirizi, Uganda. While waiting for it to be repaired he stumbled upon a small photo studio and met photographer Kibaate Aloysius Ssalongo, whose work spanned from the late 1950s to his death in 2006. This chance encounter turned into a 22-year journey documenting and exploring Kibaate’s life and photography and the profound impact it had on Ntare’s life and the lives of the entire community he documented. Executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, this intimate, nuanced documentary about the transformative power of photography was named best documentary at the Africa International Film Festival and won the Audience Award at the Pan African Film Festival.
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