The seventieth of thirty-seven short films produced by documentary filmmaker Tom Harmer as part of the 52Humans project. Filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic and released weekly for a year, in this films Rwandan born journalist Anais Mutumba talks about the importance of the written word in bridging a gap to bringing people together to fight for social change. Title: Bridging the Gap 17/52 As Anais Mutumba looks through her mobile phone at photographs of herself as a child, she talks in...

The seventieth of thirty-seven short films produced by documentary filmmaker Tom Harmer as part of the 52Humans project. Filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic and released weekly for a year, in this films Rwandan born journalist Anais Mutumba talks about the importance of the written word in bridging a gap to bringing people together to fight for social change. Title: Bridging the Gap 17/52 As Anais Mutumba looks through her mobile phone at photographs of herself as a child, she talks in voiceover about being born in Rwanda and leaving six-months before the start of the genocide and that she started writing when she was seven or 8-years-old. As she sits writing on a MacBook, she talks about why writing is important to her and how she sees herself as a ‘sculpture with words.’ Flicking through a tablet computer she looks at an article she wrote for the Huffington Post and watches herself appearing on television, she talks about the amazing opportunity she has had in the media. As she thoughtful looks over something she is writings, she explains that for her journalism is about telling somebody what is happening and putting a spotlight on injustice in the world, so it won’t happen again. As Anais walks along a street, she explains that what happened in Rwanda could have been avoided if the world had gotten involved. As she sits on a wall socking up the sun, she talks about her feeling towards the death of George Floyd and how it was a powder-keg as well as a period of grieving. As she walks through Bradford she talks about her involvement in #BlackLivesMatter followed by clips of her making speeches at two rallies. As she continues her walk through Bradford Anais talks about hoping for change and fighting for a better future for the next generations and how the written words for her are an opportunity to bridge a gap across race, culture and opinion to find common ground and connection points. She stands leaning against a wall looking out with a smile of the urban landscape around her. Title: “We can be part of change, it doesn’t have to be consigned to the history books.” Anais End title: www. 52Humans.com