Kabera, a Rwandese, was born in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).[1] Even though he was still living in the DRC when the Rwandan genocide started in April 1994, Kabera tells of his family members who lived in Rwanda at the time, 32 of them dying in the violence.[1][2] This inspired him to make a 2001 feature film about the genocide titled 100 Days and a 2004 documentary titled Keepers of Memory in which he interviewed both victims and perpetrators of the atrocities.[1][3] 100 Days, which Kabera made in collaboration with the British filmmaker Nick Hughes, was the first film shot in Rwanda after the genocide against the Tutsi, and it was also the first feature film about the genocide before Hotel Rwanda.[3][4] The film employed no professional actors, rather the filmmakers used actual Tutsi and Hutu survivors to act out the script, and was shot on location at the actual scenes where acts of genocide occurred.[2][3]