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History

In 2008, Sam Ward and Max Bilbow, with the
cooperation of many others, produced a movie
called ‘A Dam Shame’.
This movie was a politically neutral tribute to the
rapids that were to be lost after the construction
of the Bujagali/Silverback dam (watch on Vimeo
or YouTube).
The film, with its positive message about the fun,
love and beauty of the area, was watched by
thousands of kayakers and succeeded in raising
awareness (and thus increasing business) for
companies like Kayak The Nile, Love it Live it
and rafting companies that provide services for
the film’s audience.

The problem

However, once the dam was completed, the
prevailing message that spread through magazine
articles and social media was that the White Nile
was now dead and gone; lives changed (ruined)
forever.
However, anyone in Jinja knows that this is
simply not the case. The river is still here and
now there is a beautiful new lake with even more
activities popping up; not to mention the vast
number of Ugandans that now benefit from
employment at the dam and other new projects.
Not one safety kayaker or raft guide lost their
job!

The mission

So Max and Sam were going to make a sequel to
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