Drinking from the Well
Drinking from the Well
2012, English. Directed by Skinner Myers.
The real lives of Ugandan youth struggling to create a positive future in an environment that tests every ability to survive. Nabulagala, the Kampala slum where they live, is populated with broken lives, crumbling homes, and bleak prospects. The sun’s heat suppresses emotion. Dust from the red clay cakes every surface. Malaria-carrying mosquitoes jab at unprotected skin. Homemade alcohol, glue, and other drugs, substances that offer a brief reprieve from the misery, have turned people into empty shells that occupy the shadows of this slum. Day in and day out, the next generation of Ugandans must surmount these obstacles in order to begin thinking, dreaming and hoping about the future.
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- 5 June 2012
- Country
- Uganda, United States of America
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Drinking from the Well runs 75 minutes (1h 15m).
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Drinking from the Well isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 June 2012. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Drinking from the Well?
If you liked Drinking from the Well, try A Toxic Love Story, Elstree 1976, The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
Who directed Drinking from the Well?
Drinking from the Well (2012) was directed by Skinner Myers.