Mugeni’s story starts in a small village in southeastern Congo called Murambya, a Banyamulenge farming community where neighbors provided for one another. One night, when she was just fourteen, Mugeni and her family awake to the sounds of bombs—they are under attack by a militia known as the Mai Mai, who sought their land and cattle and claimed that the Banyamulenge tribe did not belong in southeastern Congo.
Content Warning: Violence
- Year2022
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA/Chile
- PremiereKansas
- Rating13+
- DirectorAmy Bench
- ProducerAmy Bench, Mugeni Ornella, Carolyn Merriman
Mugeni’s story starts in a small village in southeastern Congo called Murambya, a Banyamulenge farming community where neighbors provided for one another. One night, when she was just fourteen, Mugeni and her family awake to the sounds of bombs—they are under attack by a militia known as the Mai Mai, who sought their land and cattle and claimed that the Banyamulenge tribe did not belong in southeastern Congo.
Content Warning: Violence
- Year2022
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA/Chile
- PremiereKansas
- Rating13+
- DirectorAmy Bench
- ProducerAmy Bench, Mugeni Ornella, Carolyn Merriman