Birds Are Singing in Kigali
aka Ptaki spiewaja w Kigali First screened in October 2017
Director: Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze. Cast: Jowita Budnik, Eliane Umuhire, Witold Wielinski, Didacienne Nibagwire, Ciza Remy Muhirwa, Hervé Kimenyi, Boleslaw Abart, Anna Ilczuk, Aleksander Mikolajczak, Jerzy Gudejko, Maciej Tomaszewski, Wieslaw Cichy, Kennedy Jones Mazimpaka, Joel Echallier, Alicja Smotrys. Screenplay: Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze (based on the short story "Who Brought You Genocide?" by Wojciech Albinski). Twitter Capsule:
Rwandan genocide drama holds specifics and universals in taut, careful balance. Innovative direction.
VOR:⑤
I've never seen historical trauma evoked so directly without literal restaging. Huge risks with montage, narration, cultural and character specificity.
