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Rwanda: Do Scars Ever Fade?

2004-12-19 en 68m
HistoryDocumentary
This 90-minute special presents the complex and riveting history of Rwanda, providing an in-depth look at the propaganda campaign that's crucial to understanding how genocide leaders got ordinary citizens to participate. In 1994, the small African country was awash in blood. An estimated 75 percent of the Tutsi minority was slaughtered, and in just 100 days, more than 800,000 were killed. And, at least 50,000 politically moderate Hutus also perished. We explore the 1994 genocide and post-genocide period, and grapple with the question: How does a country recover from its haunted past? Unfolding through firsthand experiences of Rwandans who lived through the genocide, we document stories of survivors, perpetrators, and government officials and sort through the difficulties of balancing justice with reconciliation.

Executive Producer

Bill Brummel

Producer

Paul Freedman

Writer

Bill Brummel

Writer

Paul Freedman

Director of Photography

Richard Pendleton

Editor

Paul Freedman

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Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Bill Brummel Productions Inc.