Sweet Dreams

Ingoma Nshya is Rwanda’s first and only all women’s drumming troupe. When the group decides to partner with two young American entrepreneurs and open Rwanda’s first ever ice cream shop, these remarkable Rwandan women embark on a journey of independence, peace and possibility.

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Series
Women of the World
Premiere Date
July 18, 2015
Length
60 minutes
Producer/Director

Lisa Fruchtman

Lisa Fruchtman is an Academy Award winning editor for feature film and television. Among her many film projects are Apocalypse Now, The Right Stuff, Children of a Lesser God, The Godfather Part III, The Doctor, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Dance with Me, and The Woodsman. For television, she has edited HBO films Truman, Witness Protection, Point of Origin and… Show more Normal.   Awards include an Oscar for The Right Stuff, Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for Best Editing for Godfather III and Apocalypse Now, Emmy Nomination for Truman. Children of a Lesser God, was nominated for Best Picture. Show less

Producer/Director

Rob Fruchtman

Rob Fruchtman won the Documentary Director award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival for his feature film, Sister Helen, which aired on HBO. He has won three Emmys for his work with PBS. His film, Trust Me, a documentary produced for SHOWTIME, follows Christian, Jewish and Islamic boys at an interfaith camp in North Carolina. Fruchtman directed and produced… Show more Seeing Proof in 2007, a film about Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime and its lingering effect on Cambodia’s society, for George Soros’ Open Society Institute. His documentaries have explored the arts, history, world cultures and social justice issues and have aired in festivals and on television around the world. Show less

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The Film

Ingoma Nshya is Rwanda’s first and only all women’s drumming troupe. Made up of women from both sides of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the troupe offers a place of support, healing and reconciliation. When the group decides to partner with two young American entrepreneurs, Jennie Dundas and Alexis Miesen of Brooklyn’s Blue Marble Ice Cream, and open Rwanda’s first ever ice cream shop, these remarkable Rwandan women embark on a journey of independence, peace and possibility. Sweet Dreams interweaves intimate, heart-wrenching stories with joyous and powerful music to present a moving portrait of a country in transition.

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