Longin Irunga, widely known as Tukowote, has been a fundamental actor of Rwanda's cinema, leaving a long-lasting mark on the country's acting scene. His journey from the early 2000s when the industry ...

Several opposition leaders have been jailed and others fled into exile. The 2004 film Hotel Rwanda told the story of how Rusesabagina, a middle-class Hutu married to a Tutsi, used his influence ...

The film which explores the traditional Rwandan ... marriage at a tender age--a distressing practice once prevalent in Rwanda. Director Myriam U. Birara, in a past interview with The New Times ...

Some succeeded, others didn’t. That’s how I became an actor. I founded what was known as Rwanda Films, he recalls. With the film industry booming in Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Cameroon ...