General information

Call No.:

350-3-1:9/1

Part of series

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

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #9 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009722

Original Title

Rwanda: autopsie d'un genocide

Date of production

1994

Date

1994

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

French, French, Kinyarwanda

Duration

1 hour 9 min.

Notes

Warning: graphic images. Very poor image quality.

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

A documentary about the genocide in Rwanda where the filmmakers investigate the origins, the actors, and the victims of the 1994 genocide. The film focuses on the history of colonialism in Rwanda and the role of the French government after 1975 in deepening the animosity between the two ethnic groups in Rwanda, the Hutus and the Tutsis. Through a series of interviews, first hand accounts of eyewitnesses of the massacres, interviews with Rwandan and European officials, testimonies of the perpetrators and victims, as well as through the use of official Rwandan documents and archival footage, the film reconstructs the history of the country and draws conclusions on the current state of affairs. The film features, among others, interviews and archival footage with : Luc de Heusch (Ethnologue), Father Theodore (Byumba Parish), Father Butera (Rutongo Parish), Alphonse Nkubito (Minister of Justice, Rwanda) Lt. Col. Hogard (Operation Turquoise), Colonel Théoneste Bagosora (Rwandan Armed Forces), Father Claude Simard (Canadian Missionary in Rwanda), Laurien Ntezimana (Theolog, Diocese of Butare), Claude Rwagacondo (Rwandan doctor), Claudine Mukakibibi (Rwandan student), Théodore Sindikubwabo (Interim President of Rwanda in 1994), Pasteur Bizimungu (President of Rwanda), Leon Mugesera (propagandist and member of the MRND Party), François-Xavier Nsanzuwera (Rwandan Chief Prosecutor), and Janvier Afrika (Rwandan journalist).

Context

Associated Names

Lallemant, Philippe (Director)

Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA) (Creator/Author)