Liane Muhoza Mutaganzwa at an awards ceremony. The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi left many with wounds that will take years to heal while survivors strive to push on with their daily lives. Movie director/actress Liane Muhoza Mutaganzwa, who lost her loved ones in the massacre, is currently working on a movie that will show the consequences of the 1994 Genocide. The movie/documentary that is being filmed tells of Muhoza’s life after the Genocide and carries a message of unity. “It is because of the still– open wounds in the hearts of victims, including myself, that I decided to come up with a movie that will help to change the way people think about themselves and others,” Muhoza says. The Genocide left Muhoza as an orphan after her father, Charles Mutanganzwa, was killed. The movie, which will be screened during this week, talks about life after the Genocide and the consequences thereafter; it also involves characters who are mainly relatives and the friends of her father who narrate their experiences of him as they remember him. The movie also shows how survivors can start a new chapter in life despite going through hard time.. “I was only five years old when the Genocide happened but the memory of how my father was brutally murdered still runs in my mind, especially in April when the whole country remembers innocent lives that were lost to the senseless killings,” Muhoza says. Muhoza says although her father was killed, her family has been able to forgive the perpetrators and concentrate on how to help people change their mentality about how they think about each other. “We should be able to challenge ourselves, focus on our future and make use of what God has given us to build our nation while nurture the future generation into becoming responsible citizens instead of keeping grudges,” she says.
