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The Rwandan Genocide on Film

Author : Matthew Edwards
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476670720

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The Rwandan genocide was one of the most shameful events of the 20th century. Many Westerners' understanding of it is based upon the Oscar-winning film Hotel Rwanda and the critically acclaimed Shooting Dogs. Yet how accurately do these films depict events in Rwanda in 1994? Drawing on new scholarship, this collection of essays explores a variety of feature films and documentaries about the genocide to understand its expression in both Western and Rwandan cinema. Interviews with filmmakers are featured, including journalist Steve Bradshaw (BBC's Panorama), director Nick Hughes (100 Days), director Lee Isaac Chung (Munyurangabo) and Rwandan filmmakers Eric Kabera and Kivu Ruhorahoza.

Inside the Hotel Rwanda

Author : Edouard Kayihura,Kerry Zukus
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781937856731

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Inside the Hotel Rwanda by Edouard Kayihura,Kerry Zukus Pdf

In 2004, the Academy Award–nominated movie Hotel Rwanda lionized hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina for single-handedly saving the lives of all who sought refuge in the Hotel des Milles Collines during Rwanda's genocide against the Tutsi in 1994. Because of the film, the real-life Rusesabagina has been compared to Oskar Schindler, but unbeknownst to the public, the hotel's refugees don't endorse Rusesabagina's version of the events. In the wake of Hotel Rwanda's international success, Rusesabagina is one of the most well-known Rwandans and now the smiling face of the very Hutu Power groups who drove the genocide. He is accused by the Rwandan prosecutor general of being a genocide negationist and funding the terrorist group Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). In Inside the Hotel Rwanda, survivor Edouard Kayihura tells his own personal story of what life was really like during those harrowing 100 days within the walls of that infamous hotel and offers the testimonies of others who survived there, from Hutu and Tutsi to UN peacekeepers. Kayihura tells of his life in a divided society and his journey to the place he believed would be safe from slaughter. Inside the Hotel Rwanda exposes Paul Rusesabagina as a profiteering, politically ambitious Hutu Power sympathizer who extorted money from those who sought refuge, threatening to send those who did not pay to the genocidaires, despite pleas from the hotel's corporate ownership to stop. Inside the Hotel Rwanda is at once a memoir, a critical deconstruction of a heralded Hollywood movie alleged to be factual, and a political analysis aimed at exposing a falsely created hero using his fame to be a political force, spouting the same ethnic apartheid that caused the genocide two decades ago.

Film and Genocide

Author : Kristi M. Wilson,Tomás F. Crowder-Taraborrelli
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780299285630

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Film and Genocide brings together scholars of film and of genocide to discuss film representations, both fictional and documentary, of the Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, and genocides in Chile, Australia, Rwanda, and the United States. Since 1955, when Alain Resnais created his experimental documentary Night and Fog about the Nazis’ mass killings of Jews and other ostracized groups, filmmakers have struggled with using this medium to tell such difficult stories, to re-create the sociopolitical contexts of genocide, and to urge awareness and action among viewers. This volume looks at such issues as realism versus fiction, the challenge of depicting atrocities in a manner palatable to spectators and film distributors, the Holocaust film as a model for films about other genocides, and the role of new technologies in disseminating films about genocide. Film and Genocide also includes interviews with three film directors, who discuss their experiences in working with deeply disturbing images and bringing hidden stories to life: Irek Dobrowolski, director of The Portraitist (2005) a documentary about Wilhelm Brasse, an Auschwitz-Birkenau prisoner ordered to take more than 40,000 photos at the camp; Nick Hughes, director of 100 Days (2005) a dramatic film about the Rwandan mass killings; and Greg Barker, director of Ghosts of Rwanda (2004), a television documentary for Frontline.

Shake Hands With the Devil

Author : Romeo Dallaire
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307371195

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On the tenth anniversary of the date that UN peacekeepers landed in Rwanda, Random House Canada is proud to publish the unforgettable first-hand account of the genocide by the man who led the UN mission. Digging deep into shattering memories, General Dallaire has written a powerful story of betrayal, naïveté, racism and international politics. His message is simple and undeniable: “Never again.” When Lt-Gen. Roméo Dallaire received the call to serve as force commander of the UN intervention in Rwanda in 1993, he thought he was heading off on a modest and straightforward peacekeeping mission. Thirteen months later he flew home from Africa, broken, disillusioned and suicidal, having witnessed the slaughter of 800,000 Rwandans in only a hundred days. In Shake Hands with the Devil, he takes the reader with him on a return voyage into the hell of Rwanda, vividly recreating the events the international community turned its back on. This book is an unsparing eyewitness account of the failure by humanity to stop the genocide, despite timely warnings. Woven through the story of this disastrous mission is Dallaire’s own journey from confident Cold Warrior, to devastated UN commander, to retired general engaged in a painful struggle to find a measure of peace, reconciliation and hope. This book is General Dallaire’s personal account of his conversion from a man certain of his worth and secure in his assumptions to a man conscious of his own weaknesses and failures and critical of the institutions he’d relied on. It might not sit easily with standard ideas of military leadership, but understanding what happened to General Dallaire and his mission to Rwanda is crucial to understanding the moral minefields our peacekeepers are forced to negotiate when we ask them to step into the world’s dirty wars. Excerpt from Shake Hands with the Devil My story is not a strictly military account nor a clinical, academic study of the breakdown of Rwanda. It is not a simplistic indictment of the many failures of the UN as a force for peace in the world. It is not a story of heroes and villains, although such a work could easily be written. This book is a cri de coeur for the slaughtered thousands, a tribute to the souls hacked apart by machetes because of their supposed difference from those who sought to hang on to power. . . . This book is the account of a few humans who were entrusted with the role of helping others taste the fruits of peace. Instead, we watched as the devil took control of paradise on earth and fed on the blood of the people we were supposed to protect.

Hotel Rwanda

Author : Keir Pearson
Publisher : Newmarket
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015061426287

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"In 1994, as his country descended into madness, Paul Rusesabagina, the hotel manager of a Belgian-owned luxury hotel in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, used cunning and courage to save 1,268 people from certain death while the rest of the world closed its eyes. His real-life story inspired writer Terry George to make the film, Hotel Rwanda." "Now, in the only official companion book, comes the filmmaking story, with first-person pieces by Terry George and co-screenwriter Keir Pearson about their three-year struggle to gain support and financing, as well as a brief history of Rwanda with details on the actual events portrayed in the movie."--BOOK JACKET.

Historical Media Memories of the Rwandan Genocide

Author : Tommy Gustafsson
Publisher : EUP
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1399517333

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Historical Media Memories of the Rwandan Genocide by Tommy Gustafsson Pdf

Examines the ways in which the Rwandan genocide has been portrayed, used, and re-created in international film and television productions between 1994 and 2021

The Rwandan Genocide on Film

Author : Matthew Edwards
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476631561

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The Rwandan Genocide on Film by Matthew Edwards Pdf

The Rwandan genocide was one of the most shameful events of the 20th century. Many Westerners’ understanding of it is based upon the Oscar-winning film Hotel Rwanda and the critically acclaimed Shooting Dogs. Yet how accurately do these films depict events in Rwanda in 1994? Drawing on new scholarship, this collection of essays explores a variety of feature films and documentaries about the genocide to understand its expression in both Western and Rwandan cinema. Interviews with filmmakers are featured, including journalist Steve Bradshaw (BBC’s Panorama), director Nick Hughes (100 Days), director Lee Isaac Chung (Munyurangabo) and Rwandan filmmakers Eric Kabera and Kivu Ruhorahoza.

Death, Image, Memory

Author : Piotr Cieplak
Publisher : Springer
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-05
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781137579881

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Death, Image, Memory by Piotr Cieplak Pdf

This book explores how photography and documentary film have participated in the representation of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and its aftermath. This in-depth analysis of professional and amateur photography and the work of Rwandan and international filmmakers offers an insight into not only the unique ability of images to engage with death, memory and the need for evidence, but also their helplessness and inadequacy when confronted with the enormity of the event. Focusing on a range of films and photographs, the book tests notions of truth, evidence, record and witnessing – so often associated with documentary practice – in the specific context of Rwanda and the wider representational framework of African conflict and suffering. Death, Image, Memory is an inquiry into the multiple memorial and evidentiary functions of images that transcends the usual investigations into whether photography and documentary film can reliably attest to the occurrence and truth of an event.

Inside the Hotel Rwanda

Author : Edouard Kayihura,Kerry Zukus
Publisher : BenBella Books
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Genocide
ISBN : 9781937856748

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Inside the Hotel Rwanda by Edouard Kayihura,Kerry Zukus Pdf

The story of what happened in the Hotel des Mille Collines during Rwanda's genocide in 1994 as told by Edouard Kayihura, one of the survivors of the incident. Kayihura and other hotel refugees do not endorse Rusesabagina's version of the events, as seen in the 2004 movie Hotel Rwanda.

Left to Tell

Author : Immaculee Ilibagiza
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781401944322

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Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza Pdf

Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculee’s family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans. Incredibly, Immaculee survived the slaughter. For 91 days, she and seven other women huddled silently together in the cramped bathroom of a local pastor while hundreds of machete-wielding killers hunted for them. It was during those endless hours of unspeakable terror that Immaculee discovered the power of prayer, eventually shedding her fear of death and forging a profound and lasting relationship with God. She emerged from her bathroom hideout having discovered the meaning of truly unconditional love—a love so strong she was able seek out and forgive her family’s killers. The triumphant story of this remarkable young woman’s journey through the darkness of genocide will inspire anyone whose life has been touched by fear, suffering, and loss.

Hotel Rwanda or the tutsi genocide as seen by Hollywood

Author : Céline Moretti-Maqua,Michel Noirot
Publisher : Editions L'Harmattan
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9782296191808

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Hotel Rwanda or the tutsi genocide as seen by Hollywood by Céline Moretti-Maqua,Michel Noirot Pdf

When the Rwandan genocide started in early April 1994, over a thousand of Tutsi rushed to one of the capital's biggest hotels, Hôtel des Mille Collines. What did these poor people really find within its walls ? This book distinguishes between the facts as they really happened inside Hôtel des Mille Collines and the story as it was told eleven years later in the film "Hôtel Rwanda" released in 2005.

The Media and the Rwanda Genocide

Author : Allan Thompson
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780745326252

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The Media and the Rwanda Genocide by Allan Thompson Pdf

Explores the role of the media in the Rwandan genocide -- within the country and beyond.

An Ordinary Man

Author : Paul Rusesabagina,Tom Zoellner
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101201312

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An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina,Tom Zoellner Pdf

The remarkable autobiography of Paul Rusesabagina, the globally-recognized human rights champion whose heroism inspired the film Hotel Rwanda “Fascinating…your book is called An Ordinary Man, yet you took on an extraordinary feat with courage, determination, and diplomacy.” – Oprah, O, The Oprah Magazine As Rwanda was thrown into chaos during the 1994 genocide, Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, turned the luxurious Hotel Milles Collines into a refuge for more than 1,200 Tutsi and moderate Hutu refugees, while fending off their would-be killers with a combination of diplomacy and deception. In An Ordinary Man, he tells the story of his childhood, retraces his accidental path to heroism, revisits the 100 days in which he was the only thing standing between his “guests” and a hideous death, and recounts his subsequent life as a refugee and activist.

A People Betrayed

Author : Linda Melvern
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783602698

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A People Betrayed by Linda Melvern Pdf

Events in Rwanda in 1994 mark a landmark in the history of modern genocide. Up to one million people were killed in a planned public and political campaign. In the face of indisputable evidence, the Security Council of the United Nations failed to respond. In this classic of investigative journalism, Linda Melvern tells the compelling story of what happened. She holds governments to account, showing how individuals could have prevented what was happening and didn't do so. The book also reveals the unrecognised heroism of those who stayed on during the genocide, volunteer peacekeepers and those who ran emergency medical care. Fifteen years on, this new edition examines the ongoing impact of the 1948 Genocide Convention and the shock waves Rwanda caused around the world. Based on fresh interviews with key players and newly-released documents, A People Betrayed is a shocking indictment of the way Rwanda is and was forgotten and how today it is remembered in the West.

Genocide Lives in Us

Author : Jennie E. Burnet
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299286439

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Genocide Lives in Us by Jennie E. Burnet Pdf

In the aftermath of the 1994 genocide, Rwandan women faced the impossible—resurrecting their lives amidst unthinkable devastation. Haunted by memories of lost loved ones and of their own experiences of violence, women rebuilt their lives from “less than nothing.” Neither passive victims nor innate peacemakers, they traversed dangerous emotional and political terrain to emerge as leaders in Rwanda today. This clear and engaging ethnography of survival tackles three interrelated phenomena—memory, silence, and justice—and probes the contradictory roles women played in postgenocide reconciliation. Based on more than a decade of intensive fieldwork, Genocide Lives in Us provides a unique grassroots perspective on a postconflict society. Anthropologist Jennie E. Burnet relates with sensitivity the heart-wrenching survival stories of ordinary Rwandan women and uncovers political and historical themes in their personal narratives. She shows that women’s leading role in Rwanda’s renaissance resulted from several factors: the dire postgenocide situation that forced women into new roles; advocacy by the Rwandan women’s movement; and the inclusion of women in the postgenocide government. Honorable Mention, Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize, Women’s Caucus of the African Studies Association