Directors: Annette M. King, Ivanovitch Ingabire Producer: Annette M. King
Description:
A Divine Journey profiles a young changemaker, Divine Mugisha, striving to overcome the hardships of living in extreme poverty. The story follows her heroic journey as she sets out to study psychology to treat depression and prevent suicides in disadvantaged and refugee communities. Divine grew up in extreme poverty, facing hunger and mental health challenges. Despite her struggles, she dedicates her life to creating change and advocating for human rights. As a young advocate, she started the Supportive Pillar Organization, a CBO dedicated to helping youth stay in school. On a mission to address mental health issues, Divine recognizes she must now leave home to pursue her own education so she can better serve her community.
Biography:
Annette King is CEO, Founder and Executive Producer at Splicer Films. She founded the production company to tell impactful stories that inspire audiences to create a better world. King has built a diverse team of talent collaborating on stories with purpose that evoke empathy, shift narratives and spotlight underrepresented cultures and subjects. She produced and co-directed Finding Ubuntu. She is developing the docuseries, Unmasked, Real Heroes, Untold Stories. Annette has over 25 years of experience in business development, social entrepreneurship and startups. She is a member of the Documentary Producers Alliance, Women in Film and Video, the National Association of Latino Producers, and Sundance Collab. Her production company focuses on purpose-driven films that employ journalistic principles to objectively document character-driven stories to inform and open hearts and minds.
Ivanovitch Ingabire is a Burundian photographer and videographer. He is the founder of Funza Picha, an educational program based in Malawi to help refugee youth learn visual storytelling and photography skills to share their stories with the world. He is self-taught in photography and videography and has worked for over 10 years in multiple countries filming documentaries and other projects. He is Field Producer at Splicer Films and a volunteer with Fraternity Without Borders, an NGO helping refugees work with the Ubuntu Nation Project. He began his career in 2010, receiving training in film and documentary production.
