ImageNation: Kinyarwanda
A young Tutsi girl and Hutu boy fall in love, an army captain tries to stay true to her mission while keeping her humanity intact, and a priest grapples with his faith amidst unspeakable betrayals and horrors. This gorgeously shot first feature magnifies the individual lives of those who suffered and endured in this compelling, wholly original take on the Rwandan Massacre of 1994. This screening will be followed by a reception and a talkback with the director, Rwandan survivors and religious leaders.
November 10 at 7pm | Buy Tickets
During the Rwandan genocide, when neighbors killed neighbors and friends betrayed friends, some crossed lines of hatred to protect each other. At the time of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the Mufti of Rwanda, the most respected Muslim leader in the country, issued a fatwa forbidding Muslims from participating in the killing of the Tutsi. As the country became a slaughterhouse, mosques became places of refuge where Muslims and Christians, Hutus and Tutsis came together to protect each other. Infusing animation and a love story, Kinyarwanda is based on true accounts from survivors who took refuge at the Grand Mosque of Kigali and the madrassa of Nyanza.
Join the ImageNation Cinema Foundation for a special screening of this groundbreaking film. Winner of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Audience Award, Kinyarwanda is the first film conceived within Rwanda and produced by Rwandans regarding the 1994 genocide that saw one million lives lost in 100 days. This screening will be followed by a reception and a talkback with the director, Rwandan survivors and religious leaders.
Kinyarwanda opens in theaters on December 2nd through the AFFRM.
