Interview with journalist and writer Jean HATZFELD on his latest book "Là où tout se tais" which deals with the Rwandan genocide. He insists that the massacre of the Tutsis is a victory of evil over good but that there were some Hutus who tried to prevent it before being murdered in their turn. Example with the story of Isidore, the first Rwandan Righteous.
On the occasion of the release of his book "Where Everything Is Silent" on the Rwandan genocide, Jean Hatzfeld returns to the horror of massacres and the fight for good against evil.
Jean HATZFELD answers Olivier BARROT’s questions on the Rwandan genocide and more particularly on the difficulties of granting or asking for forgiveness for the victims and executioners.
Report on France’s role in Rwanda during the 1994 Tutsi genocide by the Hutus. How and to what extent did the French authorities support the Hutus? Commentary on archival images of the massacre alternating with interviews with Patrick De SAINT-EXUPERY, author of "L'innommable, le rôle de la France au Rwanda en 1994" and Admiral LANXADE, Chief of Staff of the French armies in 1994.
Meeting in Rwanda with survivors of the genocide, on the occasion of the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the massacre of the Tutsi by the Hutus begun in April 1994. The commentary on factual images alternates with the testimonies of survivors.
While nine years have passed since the massacres in Rwanda, can the Hutus and the Tutsis live together? Here is the question that the report asks. Commentary on factual images of former prisoners returning to the sites of Tutsis massacres, on images of the Memorial erected in homage to the victims and interviews of the two former prisoners, Hutu, and Tutsi, Emmanuel NYRIMBUGA.
Ten years ago, in Rwanda, the genocide killed nearly one million people, in the quasi-indifference of the international community. More than half of the 6,000 prisoners in Kigali Prison are accused of participating in the genocide and there are reportedly 123,000 accused in the country. Comment on factual images and interviews of two genocidaires, Jean-Marie VIANY NYABYENDA and Madeleine MUKAMNGIRA.
The commemorations marking the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide opened in Kigali, the capital. Under the theme "Remembrance, Unity, Renewal", they have already been marred by a renewed tension with France and Belgium that President Paul KAGAME once again accused of taking part in the massacres. Commentary on factual and archival images alternating with a statement by Paul KAGAME and interviews with Jean-François DUPAQUIER (author of "French politicians, military and mercenaries in Rwanda. Chronicle of misinformation") and Guillaume ANCEL (former officer of the French army).
The commemorations of the 1994 Rwandan genocide are marked by unity and national reconciliation. If this twentieth anniversary is of exceptional magnitude today, it is because the executioners, who have left prison, are now rubbing shoulders with the survivors of the tragedy. Illustration in Nyamata, village 40 kilometers from Kigali, the capital. Commentary on factual images alternating with testimonies of survivors, Robert NDAYSABA and Diogène RUBIMBURA and former genocidaires, Paul MGENDAHAMANA and his brother Théophile.
Rwanda: The death of Rwandan President Juvénal HABYARIMANA in an attack on 6 April 1994 comes at a time when the situation is already explosive. The Hutus, the majority ethnic group that holds the power, will slaughter the Tutsis. In three months, 800,000 men, women, children and old men will be killed by machete. Survivors will find refuge in neighbouring countries. The Tutsis will then succeed in taking power. The UN, as it should, is reacting very late... The French humanitarian operation "Turquoise" is launched, but the role of the military remains ambiguous and France is accused, before the genocide, of having trained Hutu extremists, of having armed them and supported them. Michèle ALLIOT-MARIE, Minister of Defence, judges these accusations totally scandalous and unjust. Comment on archival images.