Finding Hillywood + Imfura
May 24, 2019 4:30pm, May 25, 2019 1:30pm
Finding Hillywood
Dir. Leah Warshawski, Christopher Towey
2013, 57miin
This moving documentary chronicles the birth of Rwanda’s burgeoning film industry (nicknamed Hillywood after the country’s terrain) as a generation of artists turn to filmmaking as a means of processing their country’s painful past. Their quest to build a truly Rwandan cinema—films made by, for, and about Rwandans—is a powerful testament to art’s capacity to heal.
Imfura
Dir. Samuel Ishimwe
2018, 36min
Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Short Film at the 2018 Berlinale, this incantatory memory piece traces the journey of a young man who travels back to the home of his mother who disappeared during the Rwandan genocide.
General Admission: $15
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Location
Peter Jay Sharp Building – BAM Rose Cinemas
30 Lafayette Ave.
Brooklyn NY 11217 USA