My Neighbour, My Killer
Filmmaker: Anne Aghion
USA/France / 2009 / 80 min / French (with English Subtitles)
ICA Cinema 1, Thur March 11, 8.30pm
Truth and Reconciliation, Rwandan style - a hugely insightful exploration of the complicated process of restoration in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide.
One of the rare documentary films to be accepted as Official Selection at Cannes, this in-depth study explores the Gacaca Tribunals in Rwanda, open-air hearings in which Rwandan Hutus charged with the 1994 genocide and having been released from prison, are judged by Tutsi survivors and citizen-judges. Aghion charts the complicated emotional impacts as well as the practical consequences of this groundbreaking legal experiment in reconciliation and justice.
"Quietly devastating" The LA Times
"A much-needed examination of the challenging yet necessary process of justice and reconciliation in the aftermath of genocide" Newsweek
Anne Aghion
Documentarian Anne Aghion spent almost ten years filming My Neighbor in a tiny hamlet in Rwanda and is ensuring her film now reaches a wide global audience through screenings at Cannes, Human Rights Watch and ongoing public and private screenings. Her previous work includes the astonishing Ice People (2009), on the lives of scientists in Antarctica.
Screening in partnership with DocHouse