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Burden of My Heart

Burden of My Heart poster
Directed by
Iris Olsson, Yves Montand Niyongabo
Genre
documentary film
Country
Finland
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This documentary follows survivors of the genocide in Rwanda. It focuses on their personal stories and everyday lives after the trauma.

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What happens

Burden of My Heart (Finnish: Sydämeni taakka) is a 2011 Finnish documentary film about the surviving victims of the genocide in Rwanda. It was directed by Yves Montand Niyongabo. The documentary was chosen for premiere at the 2011 DOK Leipzig film festival. The documentary also received the Jury Youth Prize and Best Domestic Documentary Award at the Tempo film festival in Finland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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