General information

Call No.:

350-3-1:3/1

Part of series

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

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #3 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009716

Date of production

1994

Date

1994

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English, French, Kinyarwanda, English

Duration

38 min. 11 sec.

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

A BBC documentary on the genocide in Rwanda. In April 1994, during the genocide, panorama reporter Fergal Keane traveled deep into rebel and government held territories where he investigated the causes of the manslaughters, spoke to the victims, and confronted Sylvestre Gacumbitsi (also known as “the butcher of Nyarubuye”) a Rwandan mayor who had been accused of orchestrating the slaughter of thousands of Tutsis in a village church. Features interviews with: Lt. Col. K.K. Caesar (Rwandan Patriotic Front), Dr. Jean Pascal Chapatte, Lt. Col. Emmanuel Quist (Deputy Chief Operations Officer U.N., Rwanda), Aaron Makuba (Central Committee, Social Democratic Party), Brother Otto Mayer (African Missionary), Brother Henry Blanchard (African Missionary), Gerard Nishogoza (Rwandan Liberal Party), Sylvan Nsabimana (Former Prefect of Butare), and Dr. Birchmans Nshimyumuremyi (Vice Rector at the Univ. of Rwanda).

Context

Associated Names

Harrison, David (Creator/Author, Director, Producer)

Hamid, Rizu (Producer)

Rekkas, Faria (Investigator)

Keane, Fergal (Reporter)

Middleton, Glenn (Camera)

BBC (Copyright holder, Creator/Author, Producer)