“I went to Rwanda with my wife who had been going for the past three summers. She is an art therapist who works with survivors of the genocide. I decided to become a volunteer also, and to teach filmmaking. But thinking about how to approach a class, it made sense to start making a movie there, with the kids.”

American filmmaker

Lee Isaac Chung is an American filmmaker known for his debut feature, Munyurangabo. The film was released in 2007 and was selected for the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Munyurangabo was the first narrative feature film made in the Kinyarwanda language, a distinction that has drawn attention to Chung’s work. He is associated with independent filmmaking and with a career that began with a film noted for its language and festival recognition.