Rwanda: Beyond the Deadly Pit

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A survivor of the Rwandan genocide resurfaces to confront his parents' murderers, and provides himself and his beloved ones peace.

Signed cinema-verite, 'Rwanda: Beyond the Deadly Pit' was filmed over the course of three years in Rwanda and devastatingly contemplates a young film-maker's drama in first person as he confronts his parents' murderer in Rwanda's trials and post-genocide realities. This documentary is an unforgettable quest of forgiving and unforgiving the mass murderers.—Ndahayo, Gilbert

Is it possible for someone who has lost his family through genocide to ever forget his trauma? Probably not. Can he at least forgive the perpetrators, then? The Rwandan filmmaker Gilbert Ndahayo does his best. He lost his parents in 1994, when the Hutus slaughtered them and around 200 fellow villagers. Ndahayo survived the massacre. Partially in cinema vérité style, he films the location of the mass grave in the village, which is to be exhumed in order to allow the survivors to at last perform a dignified funeral. The agony of the past rises up once more, but this is also the moment to start getting over the collective trauma. Surviving relatives question the perpetrators at public hearings. An emotional Ndahayo, himself being filmed on this occasion, asks his father's murderer, once a good acquaintance of the family, how he went about it and how his father died. Each segment of the film presents another facet of this traumatic history and the attempts to deal with its legacy. Ndahayo does this by picking up the camera, while others demonstrate furiously, doubt the existence of a God, or debate the meaning of forgiveness. Gilbert Ndahayo is the first Rwandan genocide survivor to make a personal film on the subject.—IDFA

Filmed over the course of three years in Rwanda, the documentary is an autobiography about the director's journey for forgiveness and unforgiveness of the men who killed his parents in the 1994 genocide. Nominated for 2012 Best Documentary at the African Movie Academy Awards.—Anonymous

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Genres
  • Drama
  • Family
  • History
  • War
  • Biography
  • Documentary
Release date Nov 15, 2011
Countries of origin United States Rwanda
Official sites Official site
Language French Kinyarwanda
Filming locations Kigali, Rwanda
Production companies Ndahayo Films

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Runtime 1h 36m
Color Color
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