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- 'A Place for Everyone' explores the human geography of a Rwandan village two decades after the genocide. Survivors and killers still live next to each other and a new generation of young Rwandans has grown up in a society that under goes a fragile reconciliation process. Filmed over the course of more than four years, 'A Place for Everyone' provides an intimate portray of two young Rwandans, a girl of the survivors group and a boy of the killers group, in their quest for love and hate, revenge and forgiveness.
- A South African theatre company braves the war-torn regions of Northern Ireland, Rwanda, and former Yugoslavia to share a message of reconciliation. As they ignite a dialogue among people with raw memories of atrocity, the actors find they must confront their homeland's violent past - and their own need for healing. An unlikely investigation into the limits of justice, and a harrowing journey in search of forgiveness, this remarkable true story is as moving as it is complex. Featuring never-before-heard original music by jazz legend Hugh Masekela.
- The compelling story of how Rwandans are healing themselves from the trauma of the 1994 genocide - hope for the rest of the world.
- 2014 marked the twentieth anniversary of a horrible crime against humanity. In Rwanda April 7 is Memorial Day, commemorating the genocide. July 4, Liberation Day, celebrates the genocide's end. Our film was made during that time. It is the portrait of three young adults. Gerard (19) Odette (22), and Shenge (24) have different goals in life. Gerard, who was conceived in rape, wants to find his real parents. Odette, who wants to study psychology, believes in articulating her own trauma, while Shenge uses music and film in order to transport her own story to the world. Ibyiza Birimbere does not explain the genocide, nor is it political. It is a film about people whose eyes flicker against a brighter horizon.
- A story of triumph, survival,hope, and a lesson in how to forgive and live, through the eyes of a mother whose grief gives hope and a lesson in how to forgive and live; an artist who chose to forgive rather than seek revenge. A group of young mean and women whose determination and hard work has given the Rwandan culture a new dimension of Identity and celebration. Through these characters and others, we bear witness to how the nation rose above the ashes of a horrific 1994, to become a world model of post-conflict peace and unity.
- Kwasa and Fils are two Rwandan 20-somethings, born into the hell of a post-genocide nation. The film follows their victories and struggles as they try to find work, fall in love, and deal with the deep wounds of their past.
- Mu Buzima (In Life) Vicky (Gakiza Victoire) lives with his mother, Mama Vicky (Mukarukundo Monique), Vicky is a young man who has a dream of developing his singing talent and becoming an artist singer and hopes to see his life changing. Betty (MUSHIKIWABO Zainab) meets Vicky in town after losing her parents and hoping for a better life leaving the village for Kigali. Boss Ray (Sebagabo Raymond) gives a job to both Vicky and Betty. Later, Betty becomes his girlfriend. Black Box (BADULE Oscar) the best friend of Vicky had also a dream of becoming great artist singer, BlackBox and his friends welcome Vicky in the group to prepare for the competition. They met Producer Jimmy (Kabango Deo) who accepts to help them and found them a sponsor. Vicky's hope starts growing with the support of his friends and his beloved mother who always wanted the best for him, but wanted him to study first. She later accepted that he can do both studying and singing. Big Mallet (Muhire Audace) the sponsor, works hard with Vicky until he was accepted to participate in the music artists competition(HipHop Street Competition) . The life of Vicky was not easy,some local music artist were jealous of him, they bribed showbiz journalist to pass them in front of newspapers and Radios. However, this did not stop him from working hard to attain his target. A lot of journalists realized how he had a big talent and started promoting him at no price. He became a big music star.
- Explorer/adventurer, Kate Leeming has cycled the equivalent of twice around the world at the Equator. Kate's incredible Expedition - A ten month, 22,040km journey across Africa from Point des Almadies, Senegal to Cape Hafun, Puntland, Somalia in a continuous line. Completed on August 16th 2010, is believed to be a world first achievement. When Kate set off to cycle across Africa, from west to east on a bicycle, she was not only on a physical quest, but also on an odyssey to highlight the development needs of war torn and poverty stricken nations. What she discovered would change her life forever.
- From Toms Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U.S. agricultural subsidies, drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore.
- Six Tutsi women, raped in April 1994 by genocidal Hutus, tell their ordeal: rape, pregnancy, childbirth, a life of wandering in which they have been sentenced to live with a creature born from Man's cruelty. Twenty years later, we follow these women and their children now grown up to young adults.
- Through what began as a group of college guys dissatisfied with the pursuit of the American Dream, The AC Project is simply a one-year journey of experimental living. Growing up as so-called Christians, they heard Jesus offered 'more life,' but Sunday church seemed to fall drastically short of an exciting or meaningful life. The search for more was molded into a trip: 4 young men would briefly step off the American track in order to take 1 year to begin living for people other than themselves. Giving clean water in Fiji, building an orphanage in Belize, helping sex trafficking victims in India, it was going to be a journey in an honest attempt to see life outside the suburban bubble they had grown up in.
- Explore two sides of Lily's life: her international ventures helping to heal weakened spirits in communities around the world and a personal journey within, to repair her own fractured family.
- What is a socially acceptable conversation when your family's killer sits down to dinner? 'Unforgiven' explores the interactions between murderers, rapists, thieves and their victims in this documentary exploring the power of restorative justice, forgiveness and reconciliation 20 years after the Rwandan Genocide.
- Four modern stories of remarkable courage while setting out to uncover the forgotten life of Raphael Lemkin, the man who coined the term 'genocide'. Inspired by Samantha Power's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, 'A Problem From Hell', 'Watchers of the Sky' traverses time and continents to explore genocide and the cycle of violence.
- WHEN I WAS YOUNG I SAID I WOULD BE HAPPY is a feature length documentary about the transformation achieved by 12 orphan genocide survivors in Rwanda after participating in a new form of sustainable humanitarian aid called Project LIGHT. Using a train the trainer model, these young people called Ambassadors, were trained to heal their Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and their hearts as well as teach others to do the same. In only two short years they paid forward their healing to hundreds, from Rwanda to Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
- Women Building Peace is the story of women in Africa who are rebuilding their lives and societies after surviving gender-based violence, war and genocide. It looks at some of the root causes behind these atrocities, and how existing matriarchies create more peaceful communities.