• Director: Ann Aghion
  • Release Year: 2009
  • Production Country: United States, France
  • Language: English, Kinyarwanda

My Neighbor, My Killer

Description

After the Rwandan Civil War, murderers often ended up living next door to their victims, one group struggling for forgiveness, the other acceptance. To worsen matters, during the Gacaca tribunals, an experiment in confession and reconciliation to rebuild a nation, Rwandan citizens were asked to judge their neighbors who had participated in the violence.

Themes

Rwandan genocide (1994), Rwandan Civil War (1990 – 1994), Hutu, Tutsi, Gacaca court, Communities, War crimes, Casualties of war, Survivors, Crime, Law and legalities, Ethnic tensions, Tradition and culture, Reconciliation