Family Matters - Rwanda

Various people at different stages of life and age.

With a bloody history of civil unrest, Rwanda invites viewers to meet a genocide survivor who thinks family means love and worry, a young philosopher and his broad spectrum of understandings, a woman’s determination and rise out of poverty, an active cultural creator who moved out of exile and to the East and a widow who regards family as something everyone is crying for.

Portrait photos of Sandrine Niyonkuru Gasabarage

Sandrine Gasabarage Niyonkuru

Sandrine Gasabarage Niyonkuru, a young post-memorial girl, second child in a family of four girls, and the first born after the genocide.

Jean Karemera

Jean Karemera is an artist, father and grandfather. Originally from the South, he lived in exile in Burundi, and returned to settle in the east of the country. A dancer and singer, he created more than one cultural troupe until very recently.

Charlotte Charité

Charlotte Charité, a mother, widow and discreet woman with a fierce determination for autonomy, especially for women.

Portrait photos of Jean Paul Cyitatire Kayumba

Jean Paul Kayumba Cyitatire

Jean Paul Kayumba Cyitatire, a young man who dreams of becoming a philosopher and cultural anthropologist of his society. What does he say about the family?

Betty Mukamulisa

Betty Mukamulisa, a young mother who loves singing.

Creator Statement

“I immediately agreed with the project, identifying the people to be interviewed was only difficult because we had to limit the time of the interviews, to have to summarise what we had to say. The concept of the family carries so much, to call it into an interview is to touch on several dimensions at the same time.” - Assumpta Mugiraneza

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