Dorothée Munyaneza

Munyaneza was inspired to work on the Rwandan genocide topic after seeing documentaries on the subject, especially one by Thierry Michel about the work of Denis Mukwege.

Munyaneza worked on the sound track for the Hotel Rwanda film. She started out as a singer and storyteller for the film, but then started dancing in a style similar to how she had danced as a child in Rwanda. She worked with François Verret, Robyn Orlin, Rachid Ouramdane, Nan Goldin, Mark Tompkins, Ko Murobushi and Alain Buffard. As a singer, she released her first solo album in 2010, which was produced by Martin Russell. In 2012, she collaborated with British composer James Seymour Brett to produce the album Earth Songs. In 2013, she starred in a performance by Rachid Ouramdane in Rennes, France. During the performance, she chanted the names of Algerians killed during the Paris massacre of 1961.

In 2014, Munyaneza produced the work Samedi Détente (Saturday relaxation). It focused upon the Rwandan genocide, how 800,000 people died in 100 days, and her own personal experience of the genocide. The work debuted in Nîmes, France.

In 2017, she produced Unwanted, her second work about the Rwandan genocide. The work featured French composer Alain Mahé, and focused on interviews between Munyaneza and survivors of the genocide, as well as women in Congo, Chad, Syria, and the countries that were formerly part of the SFR Yugoslavia. Unwanted has a particular focus on raped women and their conceived children. Munyaneza presented Unwanted at the 2017 Festival d'Avignon, and also at the Festival d'automne à Paris.

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