Section: Long Narrative
Country: Rwanda
Production Year: 2013
Runtime: 73 Minutes
Director: Joel Karekezi
Screenwriters: Casey Schroen, Joel Karekezi
Cinematographer: Jack Elliott
Editor: Veronique Doumbe
Music Composer: Ioannis Kourtis
Cast: Wilson Egessa, Okuyo Joel Atiku Prynce, Rehema Nanfuka, Brenda Ibarah, Benjamin Abemigisha
Print Source: imbabazifilm@gmail.com
Synopsis: Best friends Manzi and Karemera find themselves on opposing sides in Rwanda’s ethnic civil war, with Tutsi Karemera’s family paying a horrific price for Manzi’s allegiance to his Hutu heritage. When Manzi is released from prison fifteen years later, his return reopens old wounds. Filmmaker Joel Karekezi draws from his own experience as a survivor of Rwanda’s violence in creating this moving account of two former friends who must contend with the unimaginable horrors in their past.
