Jo Ingabire Moys

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Jo Ingabire Moys is a Rwandan-British writer, actress and director [1] [2] [3] whose debut short film Bazigaga was nominated for a BAFTA after a successful festival tour. [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Early life and education

She was born in the early 1990s, at the beginning of the Rwandan Civil War that involved the genocide of the Tutsi people by the Hutu ethnic majority in 1994. [1] She grew up in Kigali at the time when they were the only Tutsi family on the street. [8] She is the youngest of six children. [3] Her mother used to do business while her father worked for the customs office. [3] [9]

In 1997, when Moys was 8 years old, her school was attacked by militia forces of the former genocide regime who kidnaped the children of politicians. [3] The following year, Moys and her family moved to Uganda for eight years and later to the United Kingdom. [3] She attended Dulwich School in south London. This is where she found English literature and focused on books. [2] She graduated from Queen Mary University of London.

Career

She worked in various roles in film and TV before becoming a director. I am Leah, her debut play, is set to premiere at the Camden People's Theatre in the Autumn of 2024. She is the co-founder of the Ishami Foundation, a charity that fights discrimination against refugees and immigrants in African countries. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hank, Rugged (2023-01-28). "Jo Ingabire Moys' BAFTA nominated BAZIGAGA draws from her own experience of surviving the Genocide in Rwanda". The Daily Brit. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  2. 1 2 "Jo Ingabire Moys". Festival del Cinema Africano, d'Asia e America Latina. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Moys, Jo Ingabire (2023-02-15). ""I survived genocide. Now I'm telling the story of my country"". Newsweek. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  4. ↑ "Jo Ingabire Moys | United Agents".
  5. ↑ film, Guardian (2023-01-19). "Baftas 2023: the full list of nominations". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  6. ↑ "Rwanda timeline: 100 days of genocide". the Guardian. 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  7. ↑ African, The East (2023-07-03). "Heart-wrenching genocide film premieres in Rwanda – Sqoop – Get Uganda entertainment news, celebrity gossip, videos and photos" . Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  8. ↑ "How unspeakable tragedy as a teen led Jo to a BAFTA nomination". honey.nine.com.au. 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  9. ↑ Russell, David (2021-06-01). "I am Leah". Survivors Fund. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
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