Talk about coincidences. CT Movies editor Mark Moring left on a missions trip to Rwanda two days ago, and now two – not one, but two – Rwanda-themed movies that premiered on the festival circuit two years ago have finally been picked up for an American theatrical release in the next few months.

I mentioned Shake Hands with the Devil, a dramatic film based on the memoirs of UN peacekeeping commander Roméo Dallaire, last Friday; Regent Releasing plans to release it in the summer.

And now, today, Film Movement has announced plans to release the critically-acclaimed independent film Munyurangabo in May. (CT Movies critic Jeffrey Overstreet has the full press release at his blog.)

The latter film may be especially interesting to Christian filmgoers as it was produced by people who were visiting Rwanda on a Youth with a Mission (YWAM) trip at the time the film was made.

When Munyurangabo premiered at the Cannes film festival in May 2007, Variety critic Robert Koehler sang its praises, and noted: ...

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