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"I started drawing at a young age though my art was not different from other children, however in 2016, I tried"
"Moving to Rwanda, where I had never lived before and make a living as a videographer. That’s the only thing I am good at. This is how I can be helpful."
"Ever since I came to Rwanda, I’ve been working with different NGOs in areas related to filming. As of now, I can say that filming is already part of my everyday life."
"Video storytelling is complementary with many other forms of communication from photography, graphic design, to animation. Therefore, I see myself working on bigger multi-media type of projects. For that, I need to keep working on conceptualization."
"I would like to share what I know, strengthen my knowledge but also show that there are ways to get our content out there without having a big budget."
"Inzozi is mainly based on how people can start with whatever they have and achieve their dreams even though they don’t have the required resources."
"Also, it was clear that it is a profession that I will benefit from soon or later, and at the same time support the Rwandan society."
"My role in Inzozi is that of a miserable woman because her husband is burden to her. I have had instances where women looked for me just to tell me that they were about to file for divorce but because they saw the results of my patience in the film they chose to be patient too."
"This proves that what we act reflects the life that people are experiencing. There are even instances where you act something and people experience it after, and base on a character in the film to react appropriately. Films are significant in society because our stories encourage and advise people."
"This year, there is another film called ‘Selfish’ that I will release. There are several messages on this one. There are different messages that I cannot disseminate through Inzozi because it already has its own primary story. I will do like five seasons of Inzozi, end it, and then do other films of not more than two seasons each. I envision showcasing all lifestyles in my films"
"the industry is a safe investment due to the availability of market and local televisions which are supporting their movies, even though the journey is still too long."
"The industry is growing, and many are making a living out it. I am a scriptwriter and producer of my movie dubbed 'Inzozi (Dreams)’, if the movie industry was not a ready investment sector, I would have invested in other creative industries ."
"During the lockdown, I tested my entire crew for Covid-19 and we were confined together in a rented a house, where we also did shooting for the film so as to avoid possibilities of contracting the virus. This obviously, was costly on my end you of I had to cater for many people and ensure that we work in a secure environment."
"there is still a gender gap in the industry, in different movie production departments like female producers, female camera operators, movie directors, and scriptwriters but she says that they are most likely to fit in acting and it's a good sign of the growth of the industry."
"My search consisted in trying to understand and fight against the repulsion that gave me all that blood spilled... The Rwandans committed genocide, but they are also Rwandans who stopped it, and not the international community. It is essential to keep this very present: if they have been capable of the worst, they can also be of the best."
"I have privileged the word of the victims, I have not tried to be fair with the executioners and the victims. The repentant murderer is elusive, he recants, his words do not come in the same way. I have questioned the witnesses in our mother tongue, the contact is more direct, the expression is both more fluid, freer and more revealing, the speaker cannot hide behind the mediation of a foreign language, bad faith is seen in the eyes."
"That’s a lot of questions at the same time! At the core of it, the simple idea was to make short films, and then these became a whole series, about a feeling that a lot of people might have and yet, on that is rarely depicted on screen. In the sense that most depictions of immigrants in a European context, including those of black people, always contain some sort of hostility, and it is rare to encounter depictions of these people where they just get on with their lives."