Fastest woman in Africa

  • Fastest woman in Africa
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2017
Format : Short
Running time : 14 (in minutes)

The 21 years old girl, Jeanne d'Arc Girubumuntu from the low class family in Eastern Rwanda, a country devasted by the 1994 Genocide against Tutsis, made the history for first African woman to compete in the 2015 UCI World Championships in Richmond, VA and February 2016, she emerged second in the African continental Championships individual time trial in Morocco.

A film by Faustin Niyigena

Rwanda, 2017, Documentary, 14'17''

Runtime: 15 mins
Language(s): Kinyarwanda | Subtitles: English

Director: NIYIGENA Faustin

2017 | 3rd Mashariki African Film Festival, KIGALI, Rwanda | 24-31 March 2017
* Nomination - National Competition Short Doc

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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