Winner of Unesco's 2003 Fellini Prize
synopsis
Gacaca - Living Together Again in Rwanda? ventures into the rural heart of the African nation of Rwanda. The film follows the first steps in one of the world’s boldest experiments in reconciliation: the Gacaca (Ga-CHA-cha) Tribunals. These are a new form of citizen-based justice, aimed at unifying this country of 8 million people, after the 1994 genocide which claimed over 800,000 lives in 100 days. While world attention is focused on the unfolding procedures, award-winning documentarian Anne Aghion bypasses the usual interviews with politicians and international aid workers, skips the statistics, and goes directly to the emotional core of the story, talking one-on-one with survivors and accused killers alike. In this powerful, compassionate and insightful film, with almost no narration, and using only original footage, she captures first-hand how ordinary people struggle to find a future after cataclysm.
production credits
| Director |
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| Producers |
Philip Brooks
Laurent Bocahut
Anne Aghion |
| Editor |
Nadia Ben Rachid |
| Photography |
Mathieu Hagnery
James Kakwerere |
| Sound Recordist |
Pierre Camus |
| Sound Editor |
Anne Marguerite Monory |
| Sound Mixer |
Stéphane Larrat |
| Consultant |
Jihan El-Tahri |
| Production Administration |
Benoit Gryspeerdt
Nadège Hasson |
| Translation / Interpretation |
Jean Pierre Sagahutu
Pauline Ligtenberg-Mukabalisa
Assumpta Mugiraneza
Jean Damascène Bizimana
Ephrem Gasasira
Stanislas Kanyanzira
Jean de Dieu Karangwa
Geneviève Mukandekezi
Charles Rubagumya
Joseph Ufiteyezu
Mélanie Uwamaliya |
Color – 55’ – In Kinyarwanda, with English subtitles
© Dominant 7, Gacaca Productions, Planète – 2002
