Kinyarwanda

Name: Kinyarwanda
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: November 30, 2011
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Cleophas Kabasita, Hadidja Zaninka, Marc Gwamaka

2011

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AFFRM | Release Date: November 30, 2011 | Not Rated

Starring: Cleophas Kabasita, Hadidja Zaninka, Marc Gwamaka

Summary: 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 eachAt 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. Kinyarwanda is based on true accounts from survivors who took refuge at the Grand Mosque of Kigali and the madrassa of Nyanza. It recounts how the Imams opened the doors of the mosques to give refuge to the Tutsi and those Hutu who refused to participate in the killing. Kinyarwanda interweaves six different tales that together form one grand narrative that provides the most complex and real depiction yet presented of human resilience and life during the genocide. With an amalgamation of characters, we pay homage to many, using the voices of a few. (AFFRM)… Expand

Director: Alrick Brown

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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Roger Ebert

Feb 11, 2012

After seeing Kinyarwanda, I have a different kind of feeling about the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994. The film approaches it not as a story line but as a series of intense personal moments. Read full review

Ernest Hardy

Feb 11, 2012

Cast with both professional and novice actors (which results in uneven performances), the beautifully shot film is filled with exquisite moments. Read full review

Steven Rea

Feb 11, 2012

By detailing the allegiance between Tutsi Muslims and Christian Hutus, and the fatwa issued by a Muslim leader forbidding his followers to participate in the massacres, the film is hopeful rather than horrific, even as it describes events of impossible savagery and hate. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Feb 11, 2012

This ambitious first feature film about the period made entirely by Rwandans (shot in a remarkable 16 days), while hardly an all-inclusive look at this complex conflict, paints a heartfelt, fairly restrained picture of a nation under siege. Read full review

David DeWitt

Feb 11, 2012

Dry but thoughtful drama. Read full review

Robert Koehler

Feb 11, 2012

Doubly disappointing considering that it marks the first feature by Rwandan filmmakers to address the country's 1994 Hutu-on-Tutsi genocide, Kinyarwanda awkwardly and fitfully patches together a half-dozen story strands meant to provide a panoramic view of war and reconciliation. Read full review

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