Thierry Dushimirimana
Thierry Dushimirimana | |
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| Born | Thierry Dushimirimana Bujumbura/Burundi |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer and Filmmaker |
| Notable work | A love letter to my country 2006, Iseta: Behind the roadblock 2010 and 6954 Kilometres to home. |
Thierry Dushimirimana is a Rwandan photographer and filmmaker.
Filmography
[edit]- In A Love Letter to My Country (2006), a Tutsi survivor falls in love with a Hutu man from a family involved in the Rwanda Genocide against the Tutsi.[1] The film screened at several international film festivals, including the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City in 2011.[2] He has collaborated with Eric Kabera, working with him as cinematographer on Juan Reina's 2010 documentary Iseta – behind the roadblock, which followed a British journalist Nick Hughes returning to find out more about the murder he had photographed in Kigali (Gikondo) in 1994.[3]
- Une Lettre d'amour à mon pays [A Love Letter to My Country], 2006. 36 min. Director.
- Iseta: Behind the Roadblock, 2010, dir. Juan Reina. Cinematographer.
- 6954 Kilometres to Home / 6954 kilometriä kotiin, 2013, dir. Juan Reina. Production Manager.
References
[edit]- ^ Jolyon P. Mitchell (2012). Promoting Peace, Inciting Violence: The Role of Religion and Media. Routledge. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-415-55746-7.
- ^ Rwanda through Eric Kabera’s lens, The East African, May 8, 2015.
- ^ Matthew Edwards, ed. (2018). The Rwandan Genocide on Film: Critical Essays and Interviews. McFarland. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-4766-7072-0.
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