The Great Acholi cultural movies industry (GACUMI) one of the film house in Gulu city was over the weekend amazed the Acholi traditional leaders and number of Acholi native who thronged at Taks ART centre, Gulu city to witness the premiere of the GACUMI first movie titled “A world of pain”. a play directed by Opiyo Lawrence widely known as Melody.
The reporter who attended the movie's premiering observed the excitement from some of the multitudes who resorted to making ululation, intonation, singing songs of praise while others were seen shading tears of enjoyment wondering what a great movie action it was!
The actors, actresses and characters in the cinema were all Acholi native acting fluently in Acholi dialect with a lot of sensationalism and creativity in their action.
The content of the movie “A world of pain” explains how people with ill-motive examples like rapists, womanizers, rumormongers, troubleshooters can negatively affect the societies.
This movie “the world of pain” also sees the significance of cultural institutions in solving problems emerging as a result of anti -social behavioral practices among its subjects.
Okech Charles, the Premier of Ker Kwaro Alero who represented the Acholi paramount chief, his highness Rwot Onen David Acana II lauded the GACUMI for taking the mantle of exposing the rich Acholi culture to the entire world through movie action.
Okech assured the film houses in Acholi that the door for endorsing any group who intend to act any movie with its content on Acholi culture, belief, norms and practice is widely open.
In his remarks to the crowds, Opiyo Lawrence Melody, the director of the Great Acholi Cultural Movie Industry -GACUMI reveal that his team is aspiring to become the greatest film house in northern Uganda with its focus on telling the Acholi Stories and promoting the Acholi good culture in the way it is supposed to be told and promoted to the entire world through movie action.
The director however calls for financial support to empower them to acquire equipment, support their actors, actresses who are mainly helpless children and youth who are majorly forced out of school because their parents have failed to afford their school fees.
Pastor Patrick Oloya, the manager of favor FM, one of the biggest Christian radio stations in East Africa assured -GACUMI, that favor FM, will always offer support to GACUMI them through radio DJ mention, advert and publicity whenever their door is knocked.
The GACUMI was established on 7th July 2022, they have acted in many movies, they are the great performers of the various Acholi cultural dances, Part of their activities is teaming up with elderly women to train and mentor youth, especially young girls on the moral and traditional practices of home management.
Paskalini Atenga, aged 76, says her home is now serving as an informal school where she is offering informal education to young girls on how to become a good housewife in the future.
“in teaching them on respecting elders, care for their children, and infant, care for their housebound and everyone in the community, teaching them how to cook Acholi delicacy in Acholi cuisine, even the slay queen are thronging my home for these cultural session” Atenga reveals.
