The director's new short film Bazigaga has been nominated for a BAFTAJo Ingabire Moys was five years old when the government murdered her familyFor any up-and-coming director, being nominated for a BAFTA is undeniably a career-defining moment. Jo Ingabire Moys, 33, from Kigali, Rwanda, survived the genocide against the Tutsi people in Rwanda when she was just five years old. 'We were the only Tutsi family on our street and I remember neighbours using slurs to describe us. The short film follows the story of a Tutsi priest fleeing persecution with his young daughter, who reluctantly seeks help from a spiritual healer. The short film follows the story of a Tutsi priest fleeing persecution with his young daughter, who reluctantly seeks help from the spiritual healer.
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