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      Kinyarwanda

      2011 1h 40m Drama Romance List
      100% 14 Reviews Tomatometer 78% 500+ Ratings Audience Score During the Rwandan genocide some neighbors crossed the lines of hatred to help each other. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Praise God! Our true Father prevails all evil on Earth! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/24 Full Review spencer p Its calm approach to the horrors of the reality make this a more accessible introduction to those first learning of it, and through its non-linear vignettes, some of which are overly dialogue-driven, a powerful connection of humanity blossoms. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member During the 1994 genocide, the Mulfi of Rwanda issued a fatwa that forbid muslims from killing Tutsi.Mosques became a place of refuge for Christians, Tutsi, Hutus and Muslims came together to protect each other. The movie is based on survivor stories. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Serge L For a first film, this is an extraordinary overview of the events that gutted the Rwandan nation. It is a bit too english as if the Kenyan version of the story though. It is restrained and does not depict the violence to anger the viewer but is rather an after the fact analysis like many films about the 2nd world war. This film is a series of shorts, interrelated, that expose the problematics and hilariously mocks it in one of the segments. It is so incredible that the devil could have managed to kill so many in short order without enough resistance from the start. Don't get mad, Anakin. Let's hope this will be a lesson for all africans. A continent still grasping with unending wars that lead nowhere but down in waste. Could be a problem related with the temperature. Higher temperature are correlating with more anger. If this is it, we better find durable solutions because it is getting warmer faster on the planet. Let this be a lesson for us all. The englishes are the real enemies, people, the englishes! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/08/17 Full Review walter m You can't hate a movie like "Kinyarwanda" that is so well-meaning and hopeful about the future of Rwanda. However, I really can't like a movie like this, either, that does not credibly reflect the complicated reality on the ground, instead just wishing that there will be a 'unified peace,' as one character puts it, and it will magically happen. And while I do want to believe in the best of humanity, it is hard to believe in it happening so often during one of the planet's worst moments. Just as there are brutal killings depicted here, even more often are there warm scenes of people doing the right thing, including one huge bluff to save a group of people about to be killed. And then there is the decision to go for a complicated structure of interrelated stories which is hard enough to pull off under optimal circumstances which this is not, with the best sequence being the Reeducation Camp. The best option would have been to tell a story of the Rwandan genocide through the point of view of one character, like say Jeanne(Hadidja Zaninka), whose parents are killed. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Not exactly what the typical movie-goer is used to, this is nonetheless a brutally honest, unforgettable film about the horrors and compassion during mass genocide. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      David DeWitt New York Times It adds texture to the central facts: This happened, and this matters. Rated: 3/5 Dec 1, 2011 Full Review Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times While hardly an all-inclusive look at this complex conflict, paints a heartfelt, fairly restrained picture of a nation under siege. Rated: 3.5/5 Dec 1, 2011 Full Review Moira MacDonald Seattle Times The end result is a film that's un- deniably moving in its depiction of life under siege, in which horrific violence coexists with everyday emotions. Rated: 3/4 Dec 1, 2011 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com The film does an extraordinary job of showing the roots, not Rwanda related but Belgian, that allowed this genocide to manifest. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Sep 13, 2020 Full Review Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner Kinyarwanda doesn't explain how such evil came to pass. No one can. But it does a beautiful job of showing some of its ugly effects. Rated: 3/4 Jan 4, 2019 Full Review Victoria Alexander FilmsInReview.com I've been to Rwanda. I have a strong perspective on the genocide. May 3, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis During the Rwandan genocide some neighbors crossed the lines of hatred to help each other.
      Director
      Alrick Brown
      Producer
      Ishmael Ntihabose
      Screenwriter
      Alrick Brown, Patricia Janvier, Ishmael Ntihabose, Charles Plath
      Genre
      Drama, Romance
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 13, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 40m
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