VISIONTV
WILL BE BROADCASTING THE DOCUMENTARY "RWANDA: IN SEARCH OF HOPE"
ON APRIL 8 AT 10PM ET. This documentary follows a group of Canadian teachers and community workers who visited Rwanda in the aftermath of the genocide that engulfed the country in 1994 and left half a million children orphaned. The Canadians created the Hope for Rwanda's Children Fund to aid the orphans who are struggling to survive in the shattered country. Produced and directed by Peter Raymont in association with Vision TV.
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NIGHTMARE REVISITED VISIONTV'S 360 VISION REMEMBERS THE RWANDAN GENOCIDEWords barely suffice to express the horror of what happened in Rwanda a decade ago.
In the space of 100 days, Hutu extremists engaged in wholesale slaughter of the country's minority Tutsis, as well as Hutu moderates. In all, an estimated 800,000 died – a number roughly equivalent to the entire population of New Brunswick. Through it all, Western nations did nothing. Moreover, many leaders of Rwanda's foremost faith community remained silent – or worse, took part in the genocide.
The United Nations has designated April 7 an “International Day of Reflection” on the events of spring 1994. To some, this well-intended gesture is too little and far too late.
To mark
the 10th anniversary of the genocide, VisionTV's signature series 360
Vision studies the lingering after-effects of what remains one of the
bloodiest and most shameful passages in human history. The program airs
on Wednesday, March 31 at 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. ET .
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here for more details
SUNDANCE
CHANNEL REMEMBERS RWANDA WITH (NEW Mar
25)TWO DOCUMENTARIES BY AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER ANNE AGHION AIRING ON APRIL 5th
Award-Winner Gacaca, Living Together Again in Rwanda? And New Sequel In Rwanda we say…The family that does not speak dies will Make US TV Premieres April 5th In A DOCday Lineup Commemorating The Rwandan Genocide CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS
The BBC film "Kill Thy Neighbour"
(its a working title at this stage)
There will be a viewing at Chatham House on March 31st. It focuses on
the experience of a single village and draws at length from the testimony
of killers and survivors. Some of this materiel - the interviews with
the killers + our archive- will feature in the PBS film "Ghosts of Rwanda."
BBC World Television will be running a Rwanda season
during April with the films "Journey Into Darkness" (1994);
"Valentinas Story" (1996); "When Good Men Do Nothing"
(2000) and "Kill Thy Neighbour" (2003). There will also
be extensive news coverage of the genocide commemoration from Rwanda. PBS
Frontline is producing a major documentary on "Rwanda, 10 years later,
scheduled to have its premier at the Holocaust Museum in DC on April 1,
2004, then to be shown on PBS stations in the US and may also be shown on
BBC Panorama. Anne
Aghion's sequel to her acclaimed 2002 documentary, "Gacaca, Living
Together Again In Rwanda?" will be released in late March or early
April. Radio
Rwanda: Archives from 60s and 70s depicting hate policies in Rwandan official
circles to be aired at various times between April 7-14.