Munyurangabo

After stealing a machete from a market in Kigali, Munyurangabo and his friend, Sangwa, leave the city on a journey tied to their pasts. Munyurangabo wants justice for his parents who were killed in the genocide, and Sangwa wants to visit the home he deserted years ago. Though they plan to visit Sangwa’s home for just a few hours, the boys stay for several days. From two separate tribes, their friendship is tested when Sangwa’s wary parents disapprove of Munyurangabo, warning that “Hutus and Tutsis are supposed to be enemies.”

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Script: Samuel Anderson, Lee Isaac Chung, Original poetry by Edouard Bamporiki Uwayo

Cinematography: Lee Isaac Chung

Editing: Lee Isaac Chung

Sound: Jenny Lund

Music: Claire Wibabara

Actors: Josef Rutagengwa (Munyurangabo), Eric Ndorunkundiye (Sangwa), Jean Marie Vianney Nkurikiyinka (Sangwa’s Father), Jean Pierre Harerimana (Gwiza), Edouard Bamporiki Uwayo (poet)

Production: Almond Tree Films, LLC., USA

Producers: Robert Liang, Han Gil Chung, Lee Isaac Chung

Art Direction: Jean Kwezi

Format: 35mm Color

Production Country: USA - Rwanda

Production Year: 2007

Duration: 97

Lee Isaac Chung

He was born in USA in 1978. A son of Korean immigrants, Chung grew up on a small farm in rural Arkansas and then attended Yale University to study Biology.At Yale, with exposure to art cinema in his senior year, he dropped his plans for medical school and pursued filmmaking. Munyurangabo is his first feature film and premiered at Cannes IFF, Un Certain Regard. He resides in New York with his wife Valerie and manages Almond Tree Films.