Query: Documentary films about Rwanda
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Rwanda pour mémoire
Screamers (2006 film)
The Uncondemned
Umurage
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Burden of My Heart
God Sleeps in Rwanda
Flower in the Gun Barrel
The Notebooks of Memory
Lumo (film)
Beyond Right and Wrong
L'Afrique en morceaux
Rising from Ashes (film)
Sweet Dreams (2012 film)
In Rwanda We Say…The Family That Does Not Speak Dies
Earth Made of Glass (film)
Evidence from documents: Rwanda pour mémoire: a 2003 documentary film about the Rwandan genocide.
Screamers (2006 film): '''''Screamers''''' is a 2006 documentary film directed by Carla Garapedian, conceived by Peter McAlevey and Garapedian and produced by McAlevey. The film explores why genocides have occurred in modern day history and features talks from Serj Tankian, lead vocalist of the American alternative metal band System of a Down, whose grandfather is an Armenian genocide survivor, as well as from human-rights activist, journalist, and professor, Samantha Power, as well as various other people involved with genocides in Rwanda and Darfur. ''Screamers'' also examines genocide denial in current-day Turkey, and the neutral trend that the United States generally holds towards genocide.
The Uncondemned: Documentary films: '''''The Uncondemned''''' is a 2015 documentary film
about Rwanda: the film examines the first trial that prosecuted rape as a war crime and an act of genocide. Rape was declared a war crime in 1919 but was not tried in court until 1997 during the trial of Jean-Paul Akayesu as a part of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
Umurage: '''''Umurage''''' is a Spanish 2002 documentary film directed by Gorka Gamarra about the Rwandan genocide.
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire: It was directed by Peter Raymont and inspired by the book ''Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda'' (2003)
Burden of My Heart: a 2011 Finnish documentary film about the surviving victims of the genocide in Rwanda.
God Sleeps in Rwanda: '''''God Sleeps in Rwanda''''' is a 2005 documentary short subject about five women affected by the Rwandan genocide.
Flower in the Gun Barrel: '''''Flower in the Gun Barrel''''' is a 2008 documentary film focusing on the process of reconciliation and forgiveness in post-genocide Rwanda.
The Notebooks of Memory: '''''The Notebooks of Memory''''' is the third documentary film in a trilogy by Anne Aghion examining the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide.
Anne Aghion's third film in her Rwanda series concentrates on the local citizen-judges' tribunals, where they must weigh survivor accounts of the genocide massacres against the perpetrators' testimony.
Lumo (film): Documentary films: ''''Lumo''''' is a 2007 documentary film about twenty-year-old Lumo Sinai, a woman who fell victim to "Africa's First World War."
about Rwanda: While returning home one day, Lumo and another woman were gang-raped by a group of soldiers fighting for control of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Beyond Right and Wrong: '''''Beyond Right & Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness''''' is a 2012 American documentary film about restorative justice and forgiveness. It is directed by Roger Spottiswoode and Lekha Singh and produced by Lekha Singh and Rebecca Chaiklin. The film depicts victims and perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
L'Afrique en morceaux: '''''L'Afrique en morceaux ''''' is a 2000 documentary film directed by Jihan El-Tahri.
April, 1994. Genocide in Rwanda. 800,000 dead.
Rising from Ashes (film): '''''Rising From Ashes''''' is a 2012 independent documentary film about the development of a national cycling team in Rwanda
Sweet Dreams (2012 film): '''''Sweet Dreams''''' is a 2012 documentary film about the Rwandan women's drumming troupe ''Ingoma Nshya'', which was founded in 2005 by playwright Odile "Kiki" Katese with women from both sides of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
In Rwanda We Say…The Family That Does Not Speak Dies: '''''In Rwanda We Say…The Family That Does Not Speak Dies''''' is a documentary film examining the Gacaca justice process in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Directed by Anne Aghion and produced by Gacaca Productions, this 2004 film won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Informational Programming." Filmed in Rwanda, the language of ''In Rwanda'' is Kinyarwanda with English subtitles.
Earth Made of Glass (film): '''''Earth Made of Glass''''' is a 2010 American documentary film, directed by Deborah Scranton, about the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.