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Birds Are Singing in Kigali (2017)

Birds Are Singing in Kigali (2017)

Drama History
Release Date: 2017, September 22
Directors: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze
Countries: Poland
Production: Kosfilm, Odra-Film, Narodowe Centrum Kultury, Telewizja Polska, Studio A, Dolnośląski Konkurs Filmowy
Cast: Eliane Umuhire, Witold Wieliński, Maciej Tomaszewski, Jowita Budnik, Mazimpaka Kennedy, Anna Ilczuk, Wiesław Cichy, Aleksander Mikołajczak, Ciza Remy Muhirwa, Herve Kimenyi Rutaremara, Jerzy Gudejko, Bolesław Abart

Overview:

We meet ornithologist Anna in 1994 just as genocide is raging in Rwanda, perpetrated by the majority Hutus against the Tutsis. Anna manages to save the daughter of a colleague whose family has been murdered, and she takes her to Poland. But the woman returns to Rwanda to visit the graves of her loved ones. The director originally worked on the movie with her husband Krzysztof Krauze (My Nikifor – Crystal Globe, KVIFF 2005), but after his death in 2014 she eventually finished this challenging picture alone.

Keywords:

refugee rwandan genocide rwanda