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Allow me to share with you this documentary I produced between 2004-2011 in Rwanda and Uganda. When we speak of our lost families, we must also speak of those who stood for them when international community could not. There are no words sufficient to thank the 19 Ugandan fishermen who gave their lives to pull our loved ones from the waters of Lake Victoria. They didn't just retrieve bodies; they rescued the dignity of our mothers, fathers, and children. Along with Mr. Thobani Mohamoud, who has so faithfully tended to the ground where they now rest, these brave Ugandans are now part of our own family history. Their sacrifice is the ultimate testament to humanity in the face of darkness. During the production of my film « BY THE SHORTCUT - IY’UBUSAMO, and with the invaluable assistance of Mr. Thobani Mohamoud and my production team, I had the opportunity to visit #Ggolo, #Kasensero, #Lambu, #Marembo, #Namirembe, #Ddimo, and #Kalangala. My goal was to find the final destination of the bodies of the victims of the genocide against the Tutsi and to document the experiences of the Ugandan citizens who courageously retrieved the victims bodies from the Lake Victoria I also had the honor of accompanying Mr Thobani and Ugandan fishermen , with the support of the Rwandan government ( #MINISPOC @JPKarabaranga ) when they traveled to Rwanda likely around 2008 to meet with survivors. @onduhungirehe @RwandaMFA @Unity_MemoryRw @DrDamascene @paul_rukesha @RwandainUganda @FrankGashumba Genocide against the Tutsi FILM BY THE SHORTCUT - IY’UBUSAMO BY Dady de Maximo Mwicira-Mitali #SYNOPIS: Spring 1994: Rwanda falls into 100 days of hell: « The Genocide Against the Tutsi. » The victims of this genocide, the Tutsi, lost their lives and were ushered to unknown countries: DRC, Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, taking the “shortcut”! This shortcut leading them to Mesopotamia where they supposedly came from, as repeated echoed by their bullies, is the Nyabarongo River, and other streams of water in the land of thousand hills. The lakes and streams of water of Rwanda have since 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962,1963, 1973, 1990, 1992, 1994 transported those tortured, mutilated and raped bodies, and threw them in unknown lands. Wake up! This is not simply a nightmare. History is just repeating itself! In 1973 Marie Claire MUKAMITALI was only 14 when she was thrown in the river, saw her mother who was then 8 months pregnant, his father, brother and sisters, neighbors and family members, sliced and thrown in the Nyabarongo River. At that time the death didn’t wanther: she was drowned four times in the same river, and finally was bound hands and feet but survived rescued by a Hutu teacher Mr Venuste Mulindangabo, who was a schoolteacher in her town. Her son, Dady de Maximo MWICIRA MITALI who survived the genocide against the Tutsi at 12 years old, and Director of this film and Author of Rwanda, un deuil Impossible -Effacement et Traces book, investigated this forgotten passage in the Tutsi genocide. He followed the long journey of those bodies, and through images and the testimonies he collected from the perpetrators, the victims and those who helped them survive, he reveals us the memory of innocent people thrown in rivers and finally retrieved from Lake Victoria 6 months after spring of 1994. To sum it up, more than 17 000 bodies were found in Uganda. He is paying tribute to Ugandan fishermen, some of whom fell sick and died because they were removing those bodies from water. 140 min Language. Kinyarwanda Subtitle: English Production: 2004-2011 Copyright ©2008 Dady de Maximo Mwicira-Mitali youtu.be/uj_hGTa3FHY?is…