Kisangani Diary (1998)

Directed by

Hubert Sauper

Genre

documentary

Country

France, Austria

Runtime

45 min

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Hutus who fled to Zaire after the Rwandan genocide. It shows their suffering and later rescue by the United Nations, and ends with their massacre.

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What happens

Kinsagani Diary (alternative title: Loin du Rwanda) is a post-genocide documentary film about the lives of Hutus who fled to Zaire till they were discovered along a railway line by the United Nations. The documentary gives account of their hardship, rescue and how they were eventually massacred. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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