Co-director/Producer Rob Fruchter will screen and lead a discussion of the film he made with his sister Lisa, Sweet Dreams, at Ramapo College of New Jersey on Monday, March 9, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the H-wing Auditorium (H129). The College’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Communication Arts’ Cinematheque Series are co-sponsors.

The film is about a remarkable group of Rwandan women who defy the devastation caused by the genocide to form the country’s first all-female drumming troupe, Ingoma Nshya, and who open the country’s first ice cream shop. Made up of women from both sides of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, 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, and 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.