This is a
filmography for
films and artistry on the graphic, theatrical and conventional, documental portrayal of the
Rwandan genocide against the
Tutsis in 1994. 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".[1]
Films
100 Days(2001). The
film was the first feature film made about the genocide and focuses on the life of a young, refugee Tutsi girl and her attempts to find safety while the genocide is taking place.
Hotel Rwanda (2004). Dramatic feature film about
Paul Rusesabagina, a
Kigali hotelier, and the events around the
Hôtel des Mille Collines, a sanctuary for
Tutsi and moderate
Hutu after its owner shut his doors against the genocide. The
film was nominated for multiple Academy
Awards, is on the
American Film Institute's list of the 100 most inspirational films of all time, and appears on the
IMDb's Top 250 highest rated movies of all time.[2]
Sometimes in April (2005). Dramatic feature film detailing events prior, during and after the
Rwanda genocide against the
Tutsi in 1994 through the story of an intermarried Hutu-Tutsi family.
Munyurangabo (2007). An orphan of the
Rwanda genocide against the
Tutsi in 1994 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.[3]
Triumph of Evil (1998). Documentary
film on the failure of the
UN, and the west, an adaption, originally by the journalist
Steve Bradshaw. A
PBS production.
Gacaca Film Series (2002–2009) Official site for the documentary film series that includes "My Neighbor My Killer" (Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival), "Gacaca Living Together in Rwanda?," "In Rwanda We Say...The family that does not speak dies" and "The Notebooks of Memory" By Emmy-winner Anne Aghion.
Flower in the Gun Barrel (2009). Documentary that focuses on the process of reconciliation and forgiveness in post-genocide Rwanda.
A Generation After Genocide (2010). Documentary film follows three orphaned youth of different classes, gender and ethnicity who are all connected by soccer. A Family-Style Films production. Currently in production. Directed by Torey Kohara and Jonathan Weiman.
Burden of My Heart (2011). A poetic documentary film about the lives of the survivors and the ways of remembering in Rwanda 16 years after the genocide. A Finnish-Rwandan co-production. Awarded at Tampere film festival and DokLeipzig. Directed by Iris Olsson & Yves Niyongabo
If Only We Had Listened (2011). Director: Sean Bloomfield
The 600: A Soldiers' Story (2019). Documentary film on the little-known story of a surrounded battalion that started the counterattack to end the
Rwandan Genocide against the
Tutsi in 1994, by producer Richard Hall. A Great Blue Productions
film.
The Land of Skulls (2021). This documentary on
Rwanda genocide against the
Tutsi in 1994 was written by Zulkaif Riaz and directed by Farhan Butt.[11]
Somebody's Child: The Redemption of
Rwanda(2005). Documentary
film on survival and the aftermath of the genocide, Directed by
Felicia Middlebrooks. A Saltshaker Productions
film.