| Director | | Lee Isaac Chung | 
Filmography
2004 Highway (short)
2004 Sex and Coffee (short)
2005 Los Coyotes (short)
2007 Munyurangabo
Biography
He was born in USA in 1978. A son of Korean immigrants, Chung grew up on a small farm in rural Arkansas and then attended Yale University to study Biology.At Yale, with exposure to art cinema in his senior year, he dropped his plans for medical school and pursued filmmaking. Munyurangabo is his first feature film and premiered at Cannes IFF, Un Certain Regard. He resides in New York with his wife Valerie and manages Almond Tree Films.
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Contemporary Wars
Munyurangabo / Lee Isaac Chung |  After stealing a machete from a market in Kigali, Munyurangabo and his friend, Sangwa, leave the city on a journey tied to their pasts. Munyurangabo wants justice for his parents who were killed in the genocide, and Sangwa wants to visit the home he deserted years ago. Though they plan to visit Sangwa’s home for just a few hours, the boys stay for several days. From two separate tribes, their friendship is tested when Sangwa’s wary parents disapprove of Munyurangabo, warning that “Hutus and Tutsis are supposed to be enemies.”
| | Director: | Lee Isaac Chung | | Script: | Samuel Anderson, Lee Isaac Chung, Original poetry by Edouard Bamporiki Uwayo | | Cinematography: | Lee Isaac Chung | | Editing: | Lee Isaac Chung | | Sound: | Jenny Lund | | Music: | Claire Wibabara | | Art Direction: | Jean Kwezi | | With: | Josef Rutagengwa (Munyurangabo), Eric Ndorunkundiye (Sangwa), Jean Marie Vianney Nkurikiyinka (Sangwa’s Father), Jean Pierre Harerimana (Gwiza), Edouard Bamporiki Uwayo (poet)
| | Producer: | Robert Liang, Han Gil Chung, Lee Isaac Chung | | Production: | Almond Tree Films, LLC., USA | | Production Country: | USA - Rwanda | | Format: | 35mm Color | | Duration: | 97' | | Production Year: | 2007 |
| Screening Schedule | | FRIDA LIAPPA: | Monday, November 19, 2007 - 23:00 | | JOHN CASSAVETES: | Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 13:30 | | Return |
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