L’histoire de Edouard Sebushumba, qui fut nommé par le gouvernement de 1982 à 1994, Bourgmestre (Maire) de la Commune de GITI. Comme tous les responsables majeurs, il était, durant le génocide de masse qui a dévasté le Rwanda en 1994, supposé exécuter le plan du gouvernement : exterminer les Tutsis – un plan auquel il s’est opposé.

Réalisateur / Producteur : Yves Montand

Pays : Rwanda

Prod : Almond Tree Films


2013 | 34ème DIFF – Festival de Durban, Afrique du Sud
* Projet – 4ème Durban FilmMart
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The story of Edouard Sebushumba, who was appointed by the government from 1982 to 1994, as Mayor of the GITI district. Like any other senior leader, he was, during the mass genocide that rocked Rwanda in 1994, supposed to execute the government’s plan to exterminate Tutsis – a plan that he opposed.

The 1994 nation-wide genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda claimed an estimated one million lives, but the Hutu residents of Giti, a small Rwandan village, stood against all odds and refused the government’s call to participate in the slaughter of their Tutsis friends, family and neighbours.

Director: Yves Montand

Country: Rwanda

Producer: Yves Montand
Company: Almond Tree Films

2013 Hot Docs-Blue Ice Group Documentary Fund Production Grants
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