Mama Rwanda is the story of Rwanda’s new generation of working mothers whose passion for entrepreneurship is transforming their nation into one of the world’s fastest growing economies just two decades after the genocide.
2017 /
Finalist
Director & Producer: Laura Waters Hinson,
Laura Waters Hinson and Andrea McDaniel
Mama Rwanda is the story of Rwanda’s new generation of working mothers whose passion for entrepreneurship is transforming their nation into one of the world’s fastest growing economies just two decades after the genocide.
12-year-old Tatheer embarks on a week-long Police boot camp for girls from a social housing estate in Copenhagen. Far from home, deep in the woods, she navigates grueling rituals, elusive social dynamics, and personal setbacks to find her place in this tender and revealing coming-of-age story.
2015 |
35 min
Rwanda
Languages: Kinyarwanda
AWARD:
Special Mention
Type:
Doc Short
Themes:
Women, Economy, Confict & Resolution
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