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This is a filmography for films and artistry on the graphic, theatrical and conventional, documental portrayal of the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsis in 1994. In 2005 Alison Des Forges wrote that eleven years after the genocide films for popular audiences on the subject greatly increased "widespread realization of the horror that had taken the lives of more than half a million Tutsi".
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 872 on 5 October 1993. [1] It was intended to assist in the implementation of the Arusha Accords, signed on 4 August 1993, which was meant to end the Rwandan Civil War. [2]
The failure of the international community to effectively respond to the Rwandan genocide of 1994 has been the subject of significant criticism. During a period of around 100 days, between 7 April and 15 July, an estimated 500,000-1,100,000 Rwandans, mostly Tutsi and moderate Hutu, were murdered by Interahamwe militias.
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The film tells the story of Gabriel, a happy 10 year old living with his French entrepreneur father and Rwandan mother in a expatriate neighborhood in Burundi. As the 1993 tensions in Rwanda starts, his family and innocence is threatened. [5] [6]
The Day God Walked Away is a 1 October 2009 Franco-Belgian drama film on the fate of women in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. currently known as genocide against Tutsi, This was confirmed officially by the United Nations Generical assembly designated 7 April, as the international Day of reflection on the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. [1]
However, a lack of clarity in the UN's intervention procedures coupled with the international community's apparent lack of interest in Rwanda meant that Dallaire's calls for help went unanswered. From day to day the situation deteriorates until eventually the general's forces are left on their own, without fuel, money or adequate equipment.
The film's title refers to the actions of UN soldiers in shooting at the stray dogs that scavenged the bodies of the dead. Since the UN soldiers were not allowed to shoot at the Hutu extremists who had caused the deaths in the first place, the shooting of dogs is symbolic of the madness of the situation that the film attempts to capture.