Our recent trip to Rwanda was a huge success! We wanted to share with you some of the exciting happenings by showing you pictures from the Rwandan premiere, first screening of the African tour and catching up with our friends featured in the film! Enjoy!
Check out filmmaker Laura Waters Hinson’s appearance on DC’s Fox 5 Morning Show, June 17, 2009!
On June 22nd, we are headed to Rwanda for the national premiere of As We Forgive! For the last several months, we’ve been busy preparing the launch of a reconciliation initiative we’re co-sponsoring with the Rwandan government, Bishop John Rucyahana and many other leaders of reconciliation. We’ll premiere the film on July 3rd as part of Rwanda’s closing events of the 15th anniversary of the genocide. We are hoping for thousands of Rwandans to turn out that night!
After the premiere, we’re taking the show on the road–literally. We’ve purchased an incredible 20-foot inflatable screen and projection system to show the film in as many schools, universities, churches and villages as possible, as part of a tour that will last into the fall. The goal is to build partnerships between all the major agencies working on reconciliation in Rwanda, and to initiate community dialogues about forgiveness after genocide.
Wonder woman, Andrea McDaniel, has recently joined the team of AWF as our managing director of global initiatives and is overseeing the entire Rwandan campaign! Andrea was most recently directing public diplomacy and public/private partnerships at the US Department of State and, prior to that, worked for the White House, so we know that our Rwandan plans are going to be an incredible success with her at the helm! With every phone call we get from Andrea, more good news pours in. The Rwandans are taking on this project as their own, and feel confident that, working together, we can help spark a greater national dialogue about the power and process of forgiveness after genocide. Stay tuned for more updates!
Laura
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