“I feel relieved,” Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo says with a relaxed smile. After more than a decade in development, she has just wrapped on Ben’imana, a bold and formally inventive film about Rwanda and the complex bonds that connect its citizens following the brutal 1994 Tutsi genocide.
Ben’imana is Dusabejambo’s first feature credit as a director. Ben’imana is also the first Rwandan film to screen at the Cannes Film Festival, where it will debut tomorrow as part of the Un Certain Regard competition.
“This is a real joy and relief, especially when you’ve worked on a project for as long
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