"A decade after the extermination of one in eight Rwandans, after the Hutus turned on the Tutsis and even some of their own, the two tribes had to learn to live together."

But that's only a background detail to the story in the Washington Post. The story is about a woman who needed to find a subject for a documentary film, as part of her thesis.

While her fiancee was dumping her.

Florida native Laura Waters Hinson has now won the Student Academy Award for best documentary, As We Forgive. She learned some things about forgiveness herself, too. Like that moment her ex-fiance, who had studied for the priesthood, looked her up and asked her to marry again. He asked something else, too.

Our troubles in the Episcopal Church contribute an unexpected silver lining to her story.

"Reconciliation. I think it's one of the most challenging subjects anyone can face."

The Get Religion blog loved the newspaper story.

After reading it you may also be interested in this interview with Laura.