Log-in to add movie to favourites

Movie added to favourites

Movie removed from favourites

More Than I Want to Remember

One night at her home in southeastern Congo, 14-year-old Mugeni awakes to the sounds of bombs. As her family scatters to the surrounding forests to save themselves, Mugeni finds herself completely alone. From there, she sets out o...

Director

Amy Bench

Year

Genre

animation, short

Box Office

N/A

Production

MTV Documentary Films

Awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 14 wins & 5 nominations total

Cast information not available.

No reviews yet

Be the first to share your thoughts on this movie

Explore 79 Clips

[soft music] - More Than I Want to Remember

I was born in a place
called Murambya. - More Than I Want to Remember

I was born in a place called Murambya.

Our village was so green. - More Than I Want to Remember

Our village was so green.

Doesn't matter
if you are rich or poor. - More Than I Want to Remember

Doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

I grow up knowing - More Than I Want to Remember

I grow up knowing

I always think,
if I meet with them, - More Than I Want to Remember

I always think, if I meet with them,

One night,
my family was sleeping-- - More Than I Want to Remember

One night, my family was sleeping--

It feels so close
to where I live. - More Than I Want to Remember

It feels so close to where I live.

We just ran.
Ran to different directions. - More Than I Want to Remember

We just ran. Ran to different directions.

[screams and gunshots] - More Than I Want to Remember

[screams and gunshots]

[panting] - More Than I Want to Remember

I find the guy
who was running, hiding, - More Than I Want to Remember

I find the guy who was running, hiding,

I didn't know any place
besides my village. - More Than I Want to Remember

I didn't know any place besides my village.

He has the child who was
the same age I was. - More Than I Want to Remember

He has the child who was the same age I was.

We were sleeping in forest, - More Than I Want to Remember

We were sleeping in forest,

We just sleep there
on the leaves. - More Than I Want to Remember

We just sleep there on the leaves.

We didn't have nothing - More Than I Want to Remember

We didn't have nothing

[somber music] - More Than I Want to Remember

Then the man told us
we are in different country. - More Than I Want to Remember

Then the man told us we are in different country.

When we got to Kenya, - More Than I Want to Remember

When we got to Kenya,

Just try to find
where you can go." - More Than I Want to Remember

Just try to find where you can go."

I was really scared - More Than I Want to Remember

I was really scared

I didn't even know
if they speak Swahili - More Than I Want to Remember

I didn't even know if they speak Swahili

We have the same color
of skin, - More Than I Want to Remember

We have the same color of skin,

I was like, "I have to go - More Than I Want to Remember

I was like, "I have to go

Her name is Esparance, - More Than I Want to Remember

Her name is Esparance,

After a couple months, - More Than I Want to Remember

After a couple months,

They decided
to take everybody, - More Than I Want to Remember

They decided to take everybody,

I don't know the reason why.
I wasn't there. - More Than I Want to Remember

I don't know the reason why. I wasn't there.

[soft, eerie music] - More Than I Want to Remember

[soft, eerie music]

I used to dream, like,
seeing blood all over. - More Than I Want to Remember

I used to dream, like, seeing blood all over.

People got murdered.
Like, all the baddest stuff. - More Than I Want to Remember

People got murdered. Like, all the baddest stuff.

Like, screaming,
calling my brother, - More Than I Want to Remember

Like, screaming, calling my brother,

It was, like, feeling,
like, so real to me. - More Than I Want to Remember

It was, like, feeling, like, so real to me.

[crying softly] - More Than I Want to Remember

[crying softly]

Dream somebody you love
and then don't see them. - More Than I Want to Remember

Dream somebody you love and then don't see them.

You want to make
yourself stronger, - More Than I Want to Remember

You want to make yourself stronger,

You want to build your heart
to make stronger. - More Than I Want to Remember

You want to build your heart to make stronger.

[hopeful music] - More Than I Want to Remember

[hopeful music]

It helps with refugee - More Than I Want to Remember

It helps with refugee

I told them, "I'm alone.
I don't have nobody." - More Than I Want to Remember

I told them, "I'm alone. I don't have nobody....

The day I find out
I was coming to United State, - More Than I Want to Remember

The day I find out I was coming to United State,

I don't know nobody
over there." - More Than I Want to Remember

I don't know nobody over there."

[laughs]
I didn't speak English, - More Than I Want to Remember

[laughs] I didn't speak English,

I didn't know any words
that I can use. - More Than I Want to Remember

I didn't know any words that I can use.

I was just, like, thinking, - More Than I Want to Remember

I was just, like, thinking,

The first meal I had
with them, it was eggs. - More Than I Want to Remember

The first meal I had with them, it was eggs.

That's all the thing
I know how to say, eggs, - More Than I Want to Remember

That's all the thing I know how to say, eggs,

[laughs] - More Than I Want to Remember

It was like a song for eggs.
[laughs] - More Than I Want to Remember

It was like a song for eggs. [laughs]

Some, they can't
understand my accent, - More Than I Want to Remember

Some, they can't understand my accent,

My foster mom,
she search on Google - More Than I Want to Remember

My foster mom, she search on Google

One day,
she dropped me off over there. - More Than I Want to Remember

One day, she dropped me off over there.

I was very surprised to seen
people I know in Michigan. - More Than I Want to Remember

I was very surprised to seen people I know in Michigan.

I met one family
who used to be - More Than I Want to Remember

I met one family who used to be

I told the father
of the family, - More Than I Want to Remember

I told the father of the family,

Well, I know people,
so I can try to help you." - More Than I Want to Remember

Well, I know people, so I can try to help you."

He said, - More Than I Want to Remember

Who told you?" - More Than I Want to Remember

It was three years
since I have talked to her, - More Than I Want to Remember

It was three years since I have talked to her,

I was like, - More Than I Want to Remember

"Where are you?
How'd you get there? - More Than I Want to Remember

"Where are you? How'd you get there?

Like, how'd you get to USA?" - More Than I Want to Remember

Like, how'd you get to USA?"

"I haven't seen your dad - More Than I Want to Remember

"I haven't seen your dad

In 2019, in summer, - More Than I Want to Remember

In 2019, in summer,

My mom looked beautiful,
more than I remember. - More Than I Want to Remember

My mom looked beautiful, more than I remember.

[laughs] - More Than I Want to Remember

Like, my tears was,
like, stuck. - More Than I Want to Remember

Like, my tears was, like, stuck.

It makes me feel like - More Than I Want to Remember

It makes me feel like

She said, "Mugeni,
she's my daughter, - More Than I Want to Remember

She said, "Mugeni, she's my daughter,

So, Mugeni,
she have two moms now." - More Than I Want to Remember

So, Mugeni, she have two moms now."

It was, like, so kind
for her to say that nice words - More Than I Want to Remember

It was, like, so kind for her to say that nice words

So I live in Michigan
but I don't like snow. - More Than I Want to Remember

So I live in Michigan but I don't like snow.

[laughs] - More Than I Want to Remember

I work overtime
so that I can send the money - More Than I Want to Remember

I work overtime so that I can send the money

I helped my mom
to start a business in Uganda, - More Than I Want to Remember

I helped my mom to start a business in Uganda,

As I grow,
I'm taking care of my family - More Than I Want to Remember

As I grow, I'm taking care of my family

He's the one who was
gonna do what I'm doing, - More Than I Want to Remember

He's the one who was gonna do what I'm doing,

I learned to be strong
when things are hard. - More Than I Want to Remember

I learned to be strong when things are hard.

More Than I Want to Remember poster

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

One night at her home in southeastern Congo, 14-year-old Mugeni awakes to the sounds of bombs. As her family scatters to the surrounding forests to save themselves, Mugeni finds herself completely alone. From there, she sets out o...

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Amy Bench

Writer: Amy Bench, Carolyn Merriman, Mugeni Ornella

Production: MTV Documentary Films

Genre: animation, short

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: N/A

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 11 Mar 2022

Awards: Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 14 wins & 5 nominations total

Homepage: