MUNYURANGABO is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!?!

See a movie. Support a good cause. My friend (and terrifically talented screen/writer) Sonya Lea has helped organize a benefit screening of MUNYUNRANGABO, this Saturday, October 17th at The Grand Illusion. The documentary, the directorial debut of Lee Isaac Chung was praised by Variety:

“…astonishing and thoroughly masterful… by several light years — the finest and truest film yet on the moral and emotional repercussions of the 15-year-old genocide that wracked Rwanda. Pic’s supremely confident, simple storytelling and relaxed, slightly impressionist visual style follow a conflict that emerges between two friends as one makes a long-delayed homecoming. This is, flat-out, the discovery of this year’s Un Certain Regard batch.”

Donations will fund reconciliation and micro-development practices in Rwanda. Please consider attending this very special event.

Below, the details…

October 17 – One Show Only!
MUNYURANGABO
Dir: Lee Isaac Chung
2008, Rwanda, USA / Color, Video / 97 min.

Come see the film MUNYUNRANGABO and help support a reconciliation project in Rwanda. Winner of film festivals, Roger Ebert says this story “involves one of those miracles that can illuminate the cinema.” Your ticket funds reconciliation practices and micro development practices in Rwanda. In 1994, Rwanda suffered a horrific genocide where over 1 million people lost their lives in a span of three months. The communities of Rwanda now have to reconcile in a difficult economic environment that is made even more challenging by the communal rift that exists between the perpetrators and survivors of the genocide. Sponsored by Groundwork Opportunities who will be available to answer questions after the showing.

Purchase your ticket by making a $20 (or more) donation at http://www.groundworkopportunities.org/projects/rwanda.htm you will receive an email from GO to confirm your seat. With only 60 seats available, and our web guy still working in Africa, we’re using this creative method to assure you a place at the screening. We look forward to seeing you there!

Doors open at 11:30am. 12pm showtime.