Christine is the daughter of a Black Tutsi father, Leonard, from Rwanda and a White Jewish mother, Lilian, whose parents were Holocaust survivors from Romania.  Her parents had a volatile relationship and split up when Christion was young.  Leonard, who was abusive, took Christine and her sister to Rwanda.  In 1994, when Christine was 14, The Rwandan genocide broke out and over 800,000 Tutsis were massacred in 3 months while UN troops stood by.  Christine tells her harrowing story of ow she managed to survive capture by Hutu death squads who specifically targeted her for being a Tutsi.  Using her wits and instincts  she escaped and roamed Rwanda on foot, constantly on the run to avoid being killed.  Despite unimaginable horrors and the trauma of genocide at such a yon age, Christine manages to survive.  Her story is one of courage and resilience in the face of extreme adversity.