Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Genocide Films Should Depict Both Stories - President Kagame
President Kagame on the new film Shooting Dogs:
"'These films, much as they illustrate what took place here in 1994, should be able to depict this country's current trend of events regarding unity, reconciliation and the systematic development path being trodden,' Kagame told the press."
Kagame disagreed with the critics of the film, saying, "It is like criticizing the commemoration of the genocide. It will of course have some traumatic scenes but that is the way. It is not the film that traumatizes, but what happened."
Since I've been studying Rwanda, I've been able to find mountains of resources related to the genocide itself, but not much information on how the country has recovered since the atrocities ended. I agree with President Kagame when he says that we need to focus more on post-genocide Rwanda.
"'These films, much as they illustrate what took place here in 1994, should be able to depict this country's current trend of events regarding unity, reconciliation and the systematic development path being trodden,' Kagame told the press."
Kagame disagreed with the critics of the film, saying, "It is like criticizing the commemoration of the genocide. It will of course have some traumatic scenes but that is the way. It is not the film that traumatizes, but what happened."
Since I've been studying Rwanda, I've been able to find mountains of resources related to the genocide itself, but not much information on how the country has recovered since the atrocities ended. I agree with President Kagame when he says that we need to focus more on post-genocide Rwanda.
