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In Rwanda We Say... The Family That Does Not Speak Dies (2004)

In Rwanda We Say... The Family That Does Not Speak Dies poster
Directed by
Anne Aghion
Genre
documentary film
Country
Rwanda, France
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This documentary follows the Gacaca community courts in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. It shows how survivors and accused speak about the past in village gatherings.

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What happens

In Rwanda We Say…The Family That Does Not Speak Dies is a documentary film examining the Gacaca court justice process in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide in 1994. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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