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Eric Kabera

Started Rwanda's film industry, and named it Hillywood

Landmark is level 2 of 4 in the Rwanda Hall of Fame: a first that opened a door, or the pre-eminent figure of their generation in this country. See how the levels work.

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He made 100 Days about the genocide, founded the Rwanda Cinema Centre in 2001, and coined the name the country's film industry still goes by.

Eric Kabera is a Rwandan filmmaker, known for his 2001 film 100 Days about the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.

He founded the Rwanda Cinema Centre in 2001 to train Rwandan filmmakers, and is credited with starting the country's film industry β€” including coining the name Hillywood, after Rwanda's hills.
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