General information

Call No.:

350-3-1:47/1

Part of series

HU OSA 350-3-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Africa: Rwanda

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #47 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009760

Date of production

1994

Date

1994

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English, English, French

Duration

15 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

In this video Lindsey Hilsum returns to Rwanda where she was a journalist before and during the first few weeks of the genocide. She attempts to find her former driver who disappeared in April, 1994. She comes across an old friend who survived the genocide but lost her five children. While visiting the Kigali Prison she sees another former acquaintance, [name redacted] imprisoned for allegedly participating in the genocide. She meets another former acquaintance, a Hutu man who saved Tutsi lives. Hilsum does finally discover the truth about her former driver: he was hunted down by members of the Interahamwe while hiding in a house with his brothers. The tape ends with an interview with a woman, who reflects on the fact that she has nothing to live for anymore.

Context

Associated Names

Rekkas, Faria (Investigator)

Hilsum, Lindsey (Presenter, Reporter)

BBC (Copyright holder, Creator/Author, Producer)