CROSS ROADS
Hillie Mollenaar
Netherlands 1997 | 60 Min. | 35 mm, OmeU
Netherlands 1997 | 60 Min. | 35 mm, OmeU
From Tanzania and from Rwanda to Zaire, some half a million refugees from Tutsi-Hutu violence streamed in to create boom town called Benaco. The newcomers – whose roles in Rwanda genocide are unknown – mean big business and a wave of pretty crime. A single white wedding dress, rental out to refugee brides, becomes an emblem of innocence and hope that is long gone from the drawn faces of Rwandan orphans.
CROSS ROADS paints a remarkable portrait of humanity uprooted, but still striving for some semblance of home against the stark background of genocide.