Hissein Habre, a Chadian Tragedy

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Hissein Habre, a Chadian Tragedy

2016

1h 22m

Documentary

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Chadian dictator Hissène Habré was arrested in Senegal in 2013 and brought to trial in 2015 for crimes against humanity. Survivors of his regime speak out.

Bilge Ebiri

Village Voice

Over the course of its simple, unadorned 82 minutes, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's Hissein Habré: A Chadian Tragedy wrecks you in ways you might not have known were possible.

Sep 19, 2017

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

It's more of a document than a documentary; calling it cinema seems like an error of categorization.

Sep 19, 2017

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

[An] intimate, experiential, and impassioned documentary.

Sep 18, 2017

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Michael McNeely

That Shelf

Watching this film is not easy, nor should it be.

Feb 15, 2019

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Richard Porton

Cinema Scope

It is to Haroun's credit that he lets this statement stand alone, without any editorial embellishments. For the attentive viewer, there's no need for the director to connect the dots and invoke historical precedents.

Oct 2, 2017

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Synopsis

Chadian dictator Hissène Habré was arrested in Senegal in 2013 and brought to trial in 2015 for crimes against humanity. Survivors of his regime speak out.

Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Producer: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Screenwriter: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 1h 22m