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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Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto
http://cinemathequeontario.ca/filmdetail.aspx?filmId=1760


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