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ITSEMBATSEMBA, Rwanda one Genocide Later 1997
13 minutes | photo | B/W | 4:3 | stereo | 1996 / Location : Rwanda / OV : Kinyarwanda


The genocide in Rwanda (Itsembatsemba) took place amongst general indifference. On the 6th April 1994, a fury of purification swept the country. Within one hundred days, soldiers and militiamen (Interhamwe) massacred at least 700,000 Tutsis. These images were taken two years after the genocide, in April 1996. The sound track comes from Radio Télévision Mille Collines (Thousand Hills Free Broadcasting) - RTLM - and dates from April to June 1994. RTLM began to transmit in 1991 with the help of the regime and played a key role in the unleashing and the coordination of the killing.

© État d'urgence [FR] momento production [FR]  

ITSEMBATSEMBA, RWANDA A GENOCIDE LATER

13 minutes | photo | B/W | 4:3 | stereo | 1996
Location : Rwanda
OV : Kinyarwanda
Sub-titles : French, English 

A film directed and produced by 
Eyal SIVAN

Assisted by 
Armelle LABORIE
Images and Sound 
Alexis CORDESSE
Photo Prints
Carole DELRIEU
Editor
Michèle COURBOU
Sound Editor and Mix 
Eric LONNEUR
Sound Effects
Nicolas BECKER
Translations
Charles RUBAGUMYA
Written texts
Rony BRAUMAN
Sub-titles
Catherine NEUVE-EGLISE
Post-Production
Son pour Son
Etat d’Urgence Productions
Animation Stands
Ercidan
Laboratories
Mise au Point
Centrimage
Acknowledgments
Benjamin Bleton - Amit Breuer - Annette Gerlach - Céline Laborie
Madeleine Moukamabano - Christophe Picard - Jérôme Wirth Sam Productions
Médecins Sans Frontières - Reporters Sans Frontières - TheoPresse

  AWARDS
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  GOLDEN GATE AWARD
     San Fransisco International Film Festival, 1997

 


FESTIVALS SELECTION
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 Documenta XI, Cassel, 2002
 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, 2003
 International Human Rights Film Festival, Ramallah-Tel-Aviv, 2000
 Amnesty International Film Festival, Amsterdam, 1998
 Rencontres Cinématographiques de Seine St Denis, Résistance, 1998
 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, 1997
 Festival Cinéma du Réel, Paris, 1997
 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, 1996

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Diverting the tone and format of the TV report, Eyal Sivan is pursuing his reflection on the representation of genocide and the political use of memory.
Connaissance des Arts

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