The Notebooks of Memory
| The Notebooks of Memory | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Anne Aghion |
| Produced by | Anne Aghion |
| Cinematography |
James Kakwerere Linette Frewin |
| Edited by | Nadia Ben Rachid |
Release dates | Spring, 2009 |
Running time | 53 minutes |
| Country |
France United States |
| Language | Kinyarwanda with English subtitles |
The Notebooks of Memory is the third documentary film in a trilogy by Anne Aghion examining the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide.
Plot
Anne Aghion's third film in her Rwanda series concentrates on the local citizen-judges' tribunals, where they must weigh survivor accounts of the genocide massacres against the perpetrators' testimony.[1]
On a lush Rwandan hillside, more than ten years after the 1994 genocide directed at wiping out the Tutsi population, a tiny rural community repeatedly meet on the grass for the Gacaca court trials, a judicial experiment aimed at bringing unity back to the country. Award-winning filmmaker Anne Aghion spent four years chronicling the trials, where perpetrators would barter confessions for shorter jail sentences.[2]
References
- ↑ "The Notebooks of Memory: Documentary Film on Gacaca". Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ↑ "The Notebooks of Memory: Documentary Film on Gacaca". Retrieved 2010-03-08.