Tales of Reconciliation from
the Genocide in Rwanda
Fifteen years after the 1994 genocide which ravaged their nation and caused the deaths of an estimated one million Rwandans, survivors and perpetrators are coming face-to-face. Invite critically-acclaimed filmmaker
Laura Waters Hinson to discuss the unprecedented reconciliation taking place following the political turmoil of East Africa and her experiences filming in a nation emerging from the darkness of war.In recent years, prison overpopulation in Rwanda has led to the release of more than 50,000 people imprisoned for genocide. These former inmates are returning to the villages and communities where the crimes took place, forcing survivors to confront the question: Could you forgive a person who murdered your family?
Discover:
• Why repentant ex-genocide prisoners build housing for the survivors in their communities.
• What happens when former prisoners ask for forgiveness from the survivors of the people they murdered.
• How this film has become a training resource for Rwandan citizens, genocide survivors and government officials.
• How reconciliation is helping Rwandans rebuild as a nation.
CREDENTIALS:
Laura Waters Hinson is a filmmaker. She is the founder of Image Bearer Pictures and recently launched the Living Bricks Campaign, a multimedia viewer project to support reconciliation efforts in Rwanda. She has worked as development coordinator for the Discovery Health Channel and as a research assistant for MSNBC host Chris Matthews. Laura is presenting her film, AS WE FORGIVE, in the U.S. Congress, the State Department, Library of Congress, the World Bank and at various universities and institutions.AVAILABILITY:
CA, nationwide by arrangement and via telephoneCONTACT:
Ben Laurro, (818) 753-4056 (CA); purepublicity@aol.com