 Director Kevin Macdonald and his producers met Ugandan president  Yoweri Museveni to get permission to film in Uganda. "He really  responded to the idea that we wanted to make a film about Ugandan  history in the same way that everybody we met responded," recalls  Macdonald. "They wanted this story to be told. They didnt feel  prejudiced against us because we were foreigners wanting to tell  their story 