List of films about the Rwandan Genocide

Last updated April 19, 2019

This is a filmography for films and artistry on the graphic, theatrical and conventional, documental portrayal of the 1994 Rwandan genocide . In 2005 Alison Des Forges wrote that eleven years after the genocide films for popular audiences on the subject greatly increased "widespread realization of the horror that had taken the lives of more than half a million Tutsi".^[1]

A filmography is a list of films related by some criteria. For example, an actor's career filmography is the list of films he or she has appeared in; a director's comedy filmography is the list of comedy films directed by a particular director. The term, which has been in use since at least 1957, is modeled on and analogous to "bibliography", a list of books. As lists filmographies are distinct from the cinematic arts of "videography" and "cinematography" which refer to the processes themselves, and which are analogous to photography instead.

The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, was a mass slaughter of Tutsi in Rwanda during the Rwandan Civil War, directed by members of the Hutu majority government between 7 April and 15 July 1994.

Alison Des Forges was an American historian and human rights activist who specialized in the African Great Lakes region, particularly the 1994 Rwandan genocide. At the time of her death, she was a senior advisor for the African continent at Human Rights Watch. She died in a plane crash on 12 February 2009.

Hotel Rwanda (2004). Dramatic feature film about Paul Rusesabagina, a Kigali hotellier, and the events around the Hôtel des Mille Collines, a sanctuary for Tutsis and moderate Hutus after its owner shut his doors against the genocide. The film was nominated for multiple Academy Awards, is on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 most inspirational films of all time, and appears on the IMDB's Top 250 highest rated movies of all time.^[2]
Shooting Dogs (called Beyond the Gates in the US) (2005). A priest (John Hurt) and a teacher (Hugh Dancy) get caught up in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Dramatic feature film directed by Michael Caton-Jones.
Sometimes in April (2005). Dramatic feature film detailing events prior, during and after the genocide through the story of an intermarried Hutu-Tutsi family.
A Sunday in Kigali (2006). Dramatic feature film based on the book
Shake Hands with the Devil (2007). Dramatic feature film based on the Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire's book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda (J'ai serré la main du diable: La faillite de l'humanité au Rwanda) (2003).
Munyurangabo (2007). An orphan of the Rwandan genocide travels from Kigali to the countryside on a quest for justice (from IMDB). Directed by Lee Isaac Chung. Production: Almond Tree Films. Official Selection- Un Certain Regard, Cannes. Grand Jury Prize, AFI.^[3]
The Day God Walked Away (2009)
Kinyarwanda (2011). Dramatic feature that tells the story of hope, redemption and religious tolerance in the midst of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. It premiered at the 27th Sundance Film Festival in January 2011 where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award.^[4]^[5]

Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 British–Italian–South African historical drama film directed by Terry George. It was adapted from a screenplay co-written by George and Keir Pearson, and stars Don Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo as hotelier Paul Rusesabagina and his wife Tatiana. Based on the Rwandan genocide, which occurred during the spring of 1994, the film documents Rusesabagina's acts to save the lives of his family and more than a thousand other refugees by providing them with shelter in the besieged Hôtel des Mille Collines. Hotel Rwanda explores genocide, political corruption, and the repercussions of violence.

Paul Rusesabagina Rwandan-Belgian humanitarian

Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,200 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks.

The Hôtel des Mille Collines is a large hotel in Kigali, Rwanda. It became famous after 1,268 people took refuge inside the building during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. The story of the hotel and its manager at that time, Paul Rusesabagina, was later used as the basis of Terry George's film Hotel Rwanda in 2004.

Documentaries

Journey into Darkness (1994). Documentary film shot within Rwanda throughout the genocide, by the journalist Fergal Keane. A BBC Panorama production.
A Culture of Murder (1994). Documentary film on the Rwandan Genocide, and the plight of its refugees, by the journalist Steve Bradshaw. A BBC Panorama production.
The Bloody Tricolor (1995). Documentary film on the involvement of France in Rwanda prior to the genocide. A BBC Panorama production.
Valentina's Story (1997). Documentary film on the story of Valentina, a survivor of the Rwandan Genocide, by the journalist Fergal Keane. A BBC Panorama production.
When Good Men Do Nothing (1997). Documentary film on the failure of the UN, and the west, by the journalist Steve Bradshaw. A BBC Panorama production.
Triumph of Evil (1998). Documentary film on the failure of the UN, and the west, an adaption, originally by the journalist Steve Bradshaw. A PBS production.
L'Afrique en morceaux , a documentary film directed by Jihan El-Tahri (2000).^[6]
Umurage (2002). Documentary film directed by Gorka Gamarra about the process of reconciliation between victims and perpetrators in Rwanda.
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (2004). Documentary film directed by Peter Raymont. CBC.
Keepers of Memory (2004). Documentary film directed by the journalist Eric Kabera.
Beyond the Gates (2005)
Ghosts of Rwanda (2005). Documentary film directed by the PBS. Post by the Frontline: The Triumph of Evil website.
Exploring Rwanda and Darfur (2006). TV Documentary directed by the PBS. Post by The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer , on the website.
Screamers, a documentary by director Carla Garapedian. The documentary examines the repeating pattern of genocide, from the Armenian genocide, to the Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, up to Darfur today. After its theatrical release in the US and Canada, the documentary was screened in the U.S. Congress, British Parliament and European Parliament to raise awareness about genocide education.^[7]^[8] The full documentary can be watched from the official YouTube channel of the movie (2006).
Flowers of Rwanda (2008). Documentary film directed by David Muñoz. Post by the Hibrida Newsgroup, on the website.
Gacaca Film Series (2002–2009) Official site for the documentary film series that includes "My Neighbor My Killer" (Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival), "Gacaca Living Together in Rwanda?," "In Rwanda We Say...The family that does not speak dies" and "The Notebooks of Memory" By Emmy-winner Anne Aghion
Flower in the Gun Barrel (2009). Documentary that focuses on the process of reconciliation and forgiveness in post genocide Rwanda.
A Generation After Genocide (2010). Documentary film that follows three orphaned youth of different class, gender and ethnicity who are all connected by soccer. A Family-Style Films production. Currently in production. Directed by Torey Kohara and Jonathan Weiman.
Burden of My Heart (2011). A poetic documentary film about the lives of the survivors and the ways of remembering in Rwanda 16 years after the genocide. A Finnish-Rwandan co-production. Awarded at Tampere film festival and DokLeipzig. Directed by Iris Olsson & Yves Niyongabo
If Only We Had Listened by Immaculee Ilibagiza distributed by Ignatius Press.
Intended Consequences by Jonathan Torgovnik on MediaStorm
Rwanda, how history can lead to genocide directed by Robert Genoud.
Duhozanye: A Rwandan Village of Widows (2011)^[9]^[10] by Karoline Frogner ^[11]

Fergal Patrick Murphy Keane OBE is an Irish Foreign correspondent with BBC News, and an author. For some time, Keane was the BBC's correspondent in South Africa. He is the nephew of Irish playwright, novelist and essayist John B. Keane.

Steve Bradshaw is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League and the North American Soccer League.

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Lieutenant-General The Honourable Roméo Antonius Dallaire, is a Canadian humanitarian, author and retired senator and general. Dallaire served as Force Commander of UNAMIR, the ill-fated United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda between 1993 and 1994, and attempted to stop the genocide that was being waged by Hutu extremists against the Tutsi people and Hutu moderates.

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 872 on 5 October 1993. It was intended to assist in the implementation of the Arusha Accords, signed on 4 August 1993, which was meant to end the Rwandan Civil War. The mission lasted from October 1993 to March 1996. Its activities were meant to aid the peace process between the Hutu-dominated Rwandese government and the Tutsi-dominated rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). The UNAMIR has received much attention for its role in failing, due to the limitations of its rules of engagement, to prevent the Rwandan genocide and outbreak of fighting. Its mandate extended past the RPF overthrow of the government and into the Great Lakes refugee crisis. The mission is thus regarded as a major failure.

The Interahamwe is a Hutu paramilitary organization active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.

"Rwanda Nziza" has been the national anthem of Rwanda since January 1, 2002. It replaced "Rwanda Rwacu", which had been the national anthem since 1962.

Théoneste Bagosora Rwandan convicted of Genocide

Colonel Théoneste Bagosora is a former Rwandan military officer. He is chiefly known for his key role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, for which he has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). In 2011, the sentence was reduced to 35 years' imprisonment on appeal. He will be imprisoned until age 89.

<i>A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali</i> book by Gil Courtemanche

A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali is the first novel by Montreal author Gil Courtemanche, originally published in 2000.

The assassination of presidents Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira in the evening of April 6, 1994 was the proximate trigger for the Rwandan genocide, which resulted in the murder of approximately 800,000 Tutsi and a smaller number of moderate Hutu. The first few days following the assassinations included a number of key events that shaped the subsequent course of the genocide. These included: the seizing of power by an interim government directed by the hard-line Akazu clique; the liquidation of opposition Hutu politicians; the implementation of plans to carry out a genocide throughout the country; and the murder of United Nations peacekeepers, contributing to the impulse of the international community to refrain from intervention.

This is a bibliography for primary sources, books and articles on the personal and general accounts, and the accountabilities, of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Sometimes in April is a 2005 American made-for-television historical drama film about the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, written and directed by the Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck. The ensemble cast includes Idris Elba, Oris Erhuero, Carole Karemera, and Debra Winger.

The Amahoro Stadium, also known as Amahoro National Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in the Gasabo district of Kigali, Rwanda. With a capacity of 30,000, it is the largest stadium in Rwanda and hosts football matches, concerts, and public events. The football clubs Armée Patriotique Rwandaise F.C. and Rayon Sports F.C. are the tenants. The venue is also sometimes used for rugby union.

Shooting Dogs, released in the United States as Beyond the Gates, is a 2005 film, directed by Michael Caton-Jones and starring John Hurt, Hugh Dancy and Clare-Hope Ashitey. It is based on the experiences of BBC news producer David Belton, who worked in Rwanda during the Rwandan genocide. Belton is the film's co-writer and one of its producers.

<i>Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire</i> 2004 documentary film directed by Peter Raymont

Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire is a 2004 documentary film about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It was directed by Peter Raymont and inspired by the book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda (2003), by now-retired Canadian Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire. It was co-produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Société Radio-Canada, White Pine Pictures, and DOC: The Documentary Channel.

Kangura was a Kinyarwanda- and French-language magazine in Rwanda that served to stoke ethnic hatred in the run-up to the Rwandan Genocide. The magazine was established in 1990, following the invasion of the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), and continued publishing up to the genocide. Sponsored by the dominant MRND party and edited by founder Hassan Ngeze, the magazine was a response to the RPF-sponsored Kanguka, adopting a similar informal style. "Kangura" was a Rwandan word meaning "wake others up", as opposed to "Kanguka", which meant "wake up". The journal was based in Gisenyi.

Flower in the Gun Barrel is a 2008 documentary film focusing on the process of reconciliation and forgiveness in post-genocide Rwanda. The film depicts both the current conditions in Rwanda and the buildup to the genocide in 1994. It is unique in that it illustrates the complex challenges of average citizens attempting to forgive the neighbors who slaughtered their families. It is a testament to what human beings are capable of. The topic of forgiveness, and the difficulty of coming to terms with those who have killed one's parents, siblings, children and neighbors, is a universal theme that comes to life through the example of Rwanda.

<i>In Rwanda We Say…The Family That Does Not Speak Dies</i> 2004 film by Anne Aghion

In Rwanda We Say…The Family That Does Not Speak Dies is a documentary film examining the Gacaca justice process in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Directed by Anne Aghion and produced by Gacaca Productions, this 2004 film won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Informational Programming." Filmed in Rwanda, the language of In Rwanda is Kinyarwanda with English subtitles.

These are some of the articles related to Rwanda on the English Wikipedia pages:

Munyurangabo is a 2007 film directed by Lee Isaac Chung. Filmed entirely in Rwanda with local actors, it is the first narrative feature film in the Kinyarwanda language. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival on 24 May and won the Grand Prize at the 2007 AFI Fest American critic Roger Ebert calls it "in every frame a beautiful and powerful film — a masterpiece."

Jerry Robert Kajuga (1960–?) was the national president and leader of the MRND-affiliated Hutu Power extremist militia, the Interahamwe, which was largely responsible for perpetrating the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Ironically, he was from a Tutsi family whose father had acquired Hutu identity papers for his family. In order to avoid any kind of suspicion about their family being Tutsi, Robert Kajuga kept his brother hidden at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali. Kajuga fled Rwanda in 1996, taking refuge in nearby Congo for two and a half years, before being arrested by UN Security forces and standing trial in Kigali and being sentenced to life imprisonment. Kajuga later died in prison.

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↑ Kinyarwanda, the movie. Interwoven tales from the Rwandan genocide - Thisisafrica
↑ indieWIRE January 20, 2011
↑ Zegna-Rata, Olivier (23 February 2001). "L'Afrique en morceaux : une leçon d'histoire immédiate". Afrik (in French). Retrieved March 10, 2012.
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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-08-30.

[2] ttps://www.imdb.com/chart/top?ref_=nv_mv_250_6

[3] Munyurangabo review, Roger Ebert- http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090722/REVIEWS/907229989

[4] Kinyarwanda, the movie. Interwoven tales from the Rwandan genocide - Thisisafrica

[5] WIRE January 20, 2011

[olivier-6] Zegna-Rata, Olivier (23 February 2001). "L'Afrique en morceaux : une leçon d'histoire immédiate". Afrik (in French). Retrieved March 10, 2012.

[screamersmovei-7] "Screamers movie official" http://www.screamersmovie.com/press.html

[imdb-8] "Screamers(2006)" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0823668/

[9] Duhozanye: A Rwandan Village of Widows (2011): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3740808/

[10] Duhozanye: A Rwandan Village of Widows (2011): http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c810.shtml

[11] ttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0296223/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1