In April, Tambay brought attention to this new Berlin-set web series called "Polyglot" (HERE), created by Rwandan-German visual artist and self-taught filmmaker, Amelia Umuhire, with the goal being to “explore the multi-hyphenate identities of young creatives of color in Berlin.”
The series’s first episode, which premiered in April, introduced to viewers the character of Babiche Papaya, a rapper and poet who is played by Ms. Umuhire’s real life sister, Amanda Mukasonga.
Ms. Umuhire shares that future episodes will focus on a rotating cast of people she calls “young polyglots navigating daily life in the German capital;”…
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