When peace comes, how do you make it right again? An epic emotional journey in search of coexistence in Rwanda.

In 1994, hundreds of thousands of Rwandan Hutus were incited to wipe out the country’s Tutsi minority. In 1999 the government began Gacaca—open-air hearings with citizen-judges meant to try their neighbors and rebuild the nation. As part of this experiment in reconciliation, confessed genocide killers are sent home from prison, while traumatized survivors are asked to forgive them and resume living side-by-side. Filming for close to a decade in a tiny hamlet, award-winning filmmaker Anne Aghion has charted the impact of Gacaca on survivors and perpetrators alike. Through their fear and anger, accusations and defenses, blurry truths, inconsolable sadness, and hope for life renewed, she captures the emotional journey to coexistence.

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Language(s): 
In French and Kinyarwanda with English subtitles
Genre: 
Documentary
Year: 
2009
Running time: 
80m
Filmmaker(s): 
Anne Aghion
Country of production: 
US
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