Featured playlist: Clips for College: Rwanda by Jordan White, Alexander Street Press
Rwanda, a small East African nation with over 11 million people, is one of three nations where mountain gorillas call home. It is also the site of a terrible 1994 genocide in which over 500,000 people were killed as a result of ethnic competition and tension between the Hutu and Tutsi peoples.
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Rwanda: History of A Genocide
produced by Robert Genoud (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1998), 57 mins
Rwanda: History of A Genocide - This documentary from Filmakers Library uses historical footage and firsthand accounts to outline the genocide of the Tutsi people by their Hutu neighbors from European colonization through the events of 1994.
57:12
17 Jul 2013
Duhozanye - We Who Comfort Each Other
directed by Karoline Frogner, 1961-; produced by Karoline Frogner, 1961-, Integritet Film (Oslo, Oslo County: Nordic World, 2011), 52 mins
Duhozanye - We Who Comfort Each Other - This Nordic World documentary tells the story of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide from firsthand accounts and focuses on the aftermath, wherein one woman began an organization of Hutu and Tutsi widows who build civil society, forging a new Rwandan identity in the process.
51:56
17 Jul 2013
Rwanda - Refugee Politics
produced by Roger Pyke Productions (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1992), 1 hour 5 mins
This Filmakers Library clip looks at the issue of refugees in Rwanda and Burundi, related to the tribal warfare and conflict that has dominated politics here for many years.
05:20
17 Jul 2013
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