Duhozanye – the widows of Rwanda (2011)

Directed by

Karoline Frogner

Genre

documentary film

Country

Norway

Runtime

52 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film profiles a community of widows in Rwanda who support each other after losing their husbands. It shows their daily lives and the ways they rebuild together.

intimatereflectivesoberearnestslow-pacedobservationalhumanizingbittersweet

What happens

Duhozanye: A Rwandan Village of Widows is a feature Norwegian documentary film for television from 2011 by director Karoline Frogner. Norway's previous minister of justice, Knut Storberget, referred to Duhozanye in his latest book: "a film about a community of widows in Rwanda, an insightful and intense depiction of these widows." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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