Rwanda & Juliet

Rwanda & Juliet

All the world's a stage

2016 · 82 min · Documentary, Comedy

A feature documentary set in Kigali, Rwanda, the epicenter of the genocide that left a million dead two decades earlier. The film follows eccentric retired Dartmouth Professor Emeritus, Andrew Garrod, as he mounts Romeo and Juliet with college students from both Hutu and Tutsi backgrounds. Hopes, expectations, pasts, personalities and cultures collide as opening night approaches.

Directed by Ben Proudfoot · Written by Ben Proudfoot

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