List Of Films About The Rwandan Genocide
This is a filmography for films and artistry on the graphic, theatrical and conventional, documental portrayal of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. In 2005 Alison Des Forges wrote that eleven years after the genocide films for popular audiences on the subject greatly increased "widespread realization of the horror that had taken the lives of more than half a million Tutsi".
- Hotel Rwanda (2004). Dramatic feature film about Paul Rusesabagina, a Kigali hotellier, and the events around the Hôtel des Mille Collines, a sanctuary for Tutsis and moderate Hutus after its owner shut his doors against the genocide. The film was nominated for multiple Academy Awards, and is on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 most inspirational films of all time
- Shooting Dogs (called Beyond the Gates in the US) (2005). A priest (John Hurt) and a teacher (Hugh Dancy) get caught up in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Dramatic feature film directed by Michael Caton-Jones.
- Sometimes in April (2005). Dramatic feature film detailing events prior, during and after the genocide through the story of an intermarried Hutu-Tutsi family.
- A Sunday in Kigali (2006). Dramatic feature film based on the book
- Shake Hands with the Devil (2007). Dramatic feature film based on the Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire's book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda (J'ai serré la main du diable: La faillite de l'humanité au Rwanda) (2003).
- Munyurangabo (2007). An orphan of the Rwandan genocide travels from Kigali to the countryside on a quest for justice (from IMDB). Directed by Lee Isaac Chung. Production: Almond Tree Films. Official Selection- Un Certain Regard, Cannes. Grand Jury Prize, AFI.
- The Day God Walked Away (2009)
- Kinyarwanda (2011). Dramatic feature that tells the story of hope, redemption and religious tolerance in the midst of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. It premiered at the 27th Sundance Film Festival in January 2011 where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award.
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