MAMA RWANDA
MAMA RWANDA is a modern tale of working mothers told through the eyes of the unlikeliest women – those who lived through genocide. Drocella, a village wife, and Christine, a city widow, have traded subsistence living for a life of business innovation, sparking enlightenment and controversy among their communities. Set against the backdrop of national reconciliation, Drocella and Christine represent a new generation of women helping to turn post-genocide Rwanda into one of the top ten fastest growing economies in the world. Interspersed by commentary from Rwandan experts in women’s entrepreneurship, the film highlights the roles of education and access to capital in empowering women to overcome poverty through entrepreneurship. A universal, globally relevant tale, MAMA RWANDA is a deeply cinematic portrait of two mothers on a journey to build peace through prosperity creation.
OUTREACH PARTNERSHIPS
Mama Rwanda is a proud partner of the Akilah Institute for Women.
To support a Rwanda’s woman’s college scholarship, click here.
Mama Rwanda was funded by the SEVEN Fund, the National Geographic All Roads Film Project, the Moving Picture Institute and by private donors.
Running time: 30 minutes
Credits:
Director/Producer: Laura Waters Hinson
Executive Producers: Michael Fairbanks, John and Ed Priddy, Rob Pfaltzgraff, Erin O’Connor and Maurice Black
Produced in association with: The Moving Picture Institute
Producer: Andrea McDaniel
Cinematography: Kasey Kirby
Editor: Ryan Patch
Original Score: Andy Zipf
Art Director: Austin Blasingame
Sound Recordist: Barry Neely
Associate Producers: Mary Beth Minnis, Tommy Hinson, Ryan Patch, Elizabeth Hooper
Additional Photography: Tommy Hinson
Awards and Festivals:
Winner, Best Documentary, Blissfest, 2016
Jury Prize, Manchester International Film Festival, 2017
Finalist, Best Short Documentary, Heartland Film Festival, 2016
Official Selection, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2016
Official Selection, Justice Film Festival, 2016
Official Selection, Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival, 2016
Official Selection, Bethesda Film Festival, 2016
Official Selection, Underexposed Film Festival NYC, 2017
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EDUCATIONAL LICENSING
Mama Rwanda is available for digital streaming through our educational distributor, Alexander Street, a ProQuest company, on university campuses worldwide. Over 3,500 academic institutions have access to the film through the AVON subscription.
If your university does not offer this option, you may purchase an individual screening license through Alexander Street distributors. Please click here for further information.
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REVIEWS
“Mama Rwanda paints a vivid picture of the power of entrepreneurship and education for women as means of empowering them and the country. The film documents the positive influence of empowered women in healing the country from genocide.”
- DEVIN THORPE, Forbes and author of Crowdfunding for Social Good
“Christine is a true representation of thousands of women in Rwanda who’ve decided to move on and keep on keeping on… Instead of planting seeds of hatred in their children from the past, they focus on their future, a better future.”
-DAVID MALINGHA DOYA, Africa-based journalist
“Mama Rwanda is a must see for anyone who hopes to help the people of Rwanda continue their amazing progress into tomorrow’s high tech world. Through their indomitable spirit, the women of Rwanda have created an economic success story out of the ashes of genocide.”
— JOANN WEINER, Washington Post