ABOUT THE PROJECT

LOGLINE
Living at a refugee camp in Malawi her entire life, Divine Mugisha aims to address the mental health issues plaguing her community. Despite facing poverty and despair, she sets out to leave the camp for the first time to study psychology and defy the odds to lead a cause to serve her camp.

SYNOPSIS
A DIVINE JOURNEY profiles a nineteen-year-old Rwandan refugee, Divine Mugisha, striving to overcome the hardships of living at a refugee camp since she was nine months old. The story follows her heroic journey as she sets out to study psychology in the United States in order to treat depression and prevent suicides in her refugee community in Malawi.

The series will spotlight Divine’s tireless efforts against the highly exclusive higher education system in the United States, overcoming rejections, barriers to applications, financial challenges, and accessibility issues of all kinds, including her ability to enter other countries to study.

The ten-episode run will chronicle her journey of studying psychology at university and the community she builds with teachers, friends and mentors, while also remaining grounded in the refugee community in Malawi as she continues to work toward her goals there.

As a college student, she must find a balance between her studies and her goals for the future, all while staying devoted to the struggling community that raised her, now far away. The series will follow Divine’s journey as she asks questions and seeks seemingly insurmountable solutions, highlighting her inspiring bravery, perseverance, and her faith in community, love and a higher power.

The docuseries seeks to showcase her tireless work to support her community and aid in their mental well-being, all while observing the deeply layered portrait of a dedicated and passionate young woman as she fights the system to achieve her goals all while battling her own challenges.

PROJECT TYPE Documentary Series (Short Form)

DIRECTOR Annette M. King, Ivanovitch Ingabire
SCREENWRITER Annette M. King; Aya Troyer, Dylan Guss, Oliver Brown, Sujin Jung (Episode 1)
PRODUCER Annette M. King
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Annette M. King, Tom King
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Trevor Delello

WEBSITE unmaskedfilm.com/adivinejourney