General information

Call No.:

350-3-1:40/1

Part of series

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

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #40 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009753

Original Title

De doden zijn niet dood

Date of production

1995

Date

1995

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

Dutch; flemish, French, Dutch; flemish, Dutch; flemish

Duration

34 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

Based on a book written by Els De Temmerman, “The Dead Are Still Alive” is a documentary about genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The death of the Rwandan President Habyarimana, on April 6, 1994 has launched a violent response to the years of immense tension and social-economic differences between the Tutsi and Hutu. The documentary begins with President Habyarimana's plane crash and moves slowly through the weeks that followed that calamitous day. The film includes footage with: evacuation of the foreigners in April 1994; evacuation of a psychiatric center where a number of Rwandans had sought refuge; trucks loaded with refugees which head for the border; massive exodus towards the Tanzanian border; life in the Benaco camp; reporters returning to Rwanda in May after the bulk of the killings stopped; the arrival of the first French military contingent as part of Operation Turquoise; RPF troops; Goma refugee camp where, at the instigation of some of the elders, the young confiscate the food delivered by NGOs and the international community and distribute it as they see fit. The film features interviews with Jean Kambanda (Prime Minister of the Interim Government) who accuses the RPF of shooting down Habyarimana's plane, Col. Lizinde (RPF), Belgian missionaries, Rwandan civilians and prisoners.

Context

Associated Names

Van Der Wee, Anne (Director)

Temmerman, Els de (Creator/Author)

Wild Heart Production (Producer)

BRTN (Producer)