Filmmaker Kief Davidson was inspired to make the movie 'Kassim The Dream' after seeing a TV special on Ouma, kidnapped from school at age 6 by the rebel army of Yoweri Museveni, who found sanctuary and rehabilitation through boxing. Ouma, who learned to box in the army, fled to the United States when he was 19 using a visa given to him for a military boxing championship. He arrived homeless and unable to speak English, at one point handing out pizza fliers before finding a boxing gym, where his talent became apparent.
Davidson tells the story of Ouma's first journey back to Uganda since he fled to the United States in 1998.
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