General information

Call No.:

392-2-10:6/1

Part of series

HU OSA 392-2-10 Video Recordings of WITNESS: WITNESS Partners' Raw Footage: Jimmie Briggs

Located at

DVD-ROM #6 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 392-2-10_006

Date of production

1999-05

Date

1999

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English, French

Duration

2 hours 9 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Raw material

Contents Summary

In May of 1999, a US Researcher and WITNESS partner shot footage in Rwanda depicting former child soldiers and exploring the activity of children during the Rwandan genocide. The footage includes the church at Kibeho, one site of killing of Tutsis by Hutus, and emblematic of one of the signature horrors of the genocide: that those seeking sanctuary in churches throughout the country were instead turned over to their killers. The site has been left intact, one of 10 such sites in Rwanda, as a memorial. The video shows the interior remains of the church with bones, skulls, and intact whole skeletons. Also included is an interview with a man who was forced to join the militia and to murder his sister's children by beating them with a stick. Interview with Casimir Karasira, director of the Gitagata center for reeducation of former child combatants.

Context

Associated Names

WITNESS (Copyright holder)