Sweet Dreams: A tale of ice cream for perfection,healing

For many Americans, it’s impossible to imagine what life in the African nation of Rwanda is like. Maybe you know of its war-torn past and the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi that killed a million people. But nearly 20 years have passed since this atrocity ripped the country’s sense of community apart, and now is the time for a new story to emerge from Rwanda, one full of hope, joy, and inspiration. All that can be found above in the trailer for the documentary, “Sweet Dreams.” This documentary centres on a remarkable group of women, who wished to drum in a new era in Rwanda. They started a drum circle, defying conventions that only men may play the instrument. But literally making beautiful music together as Ingoma Nshya was only the beginning of their journey to unite their fractured homeland. Here is “Sweet Dreams” official synopsis: Ingoma Nshya is Rwanda’s first and only all women’s drumming troupe. 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, to 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.Directed by Academy award-winning editor Lisa Fruchtman (The Right Stuff) and celebrated documentarian Rob Fuchtman (Sister Helen), Sweet Dreams is about the tricky process of turning a group of performers into a group of entrepreneurs who can break ground on an ice cream shop unlike the world has ever seen before.

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Sweet Dreams: A tale of ice cream for perfection,healing