Kinyarwanda

2011 "Forgiveness is Freedom"
6.8| 1h40m| en| More Info
Released: 24 January 2011 Released
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Official Website: http://www.kinyarwandamovie.com/
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A young Tutsi woman and a young Hutu man fall in love amid chaos; a soldier struggles to foster a greater good while absent from her family; and a priest grapples with his faith in the face of unspeakable horror.

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Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
magonzalez-15762 Kinyarwanda was a very motivational movie to watch. It went through the rehabilitation process of extremest Hutu's after the Rwandan Genocide and showed how people of different religions in the community came together in order to protect each other, despite their differences. There were some parts of the film that I did not understand however, and that made it somewhat confusing. The story doesn't progress in a linear fashion, instead, it jumps around to different periods of time and different perspectives. That made it very difficult not only to distinguish between characters, but understand what was happening. I did like it for its artistic choice however. It was very interesting to see the story through other character's eyes. I was also confused about the Rwandan Genocide. I know that this doesn't have to do with anything about the movie, but the Genocide confused me still. Why did so many people want to kill each other and hurt each other?
Lily Schneider The film, "Kinyarwanda," filmed by Alrick Brown, has a unique perspective on the Rwandan genocide, as well as the Islamic religion widely practiced in Rwanda. I have mixed feelings about this specific film. I liked and also disliked the flashback factor integrated in the film. It was very cool and unique, but it also made the film much harder to follow. It was a very cool touch that the director added into the making of the film. Director, Alrick Brown, is from Kingston, Jamaica, and he served in the peace corps for several years. Therefore, Brown has a multicultural perspective on many world issues, this including the Rwandan genocide. Often portrayed in a negative way, Alrick Brown shows the hidden good side of the people stuck within the Rwandan genocide. This is often something we miss with American films -- the different global perspectives on a subject. What we may think in America and our views could be totally twisted to what the actual impact and turnout to the event ended up being in different countries where those problems take place. Other countries' views could be totally twisted to what we think happened, so it is refreshing to receive a clean, global perspective from a person who knows more about the Rwandan culture than I do.
logatherum I liked this film, and my favorite part was when one of the men said "do not mistake the actions of God with the actions of man", which I thought was interesting, especially for a religious figure to say, since people often mix up the two. I also noticed that there were a few different stories going on, which I had never seen before! I thought that the director putting titles before every story was so helpful and reminded me of a documentary, which also made the film that much more realistic. I thought it was probably a bit more realistic than Hotel Rwanda, too, which was pretty obviously an American film. The ending in Hotel Rwanda was a little happier and did not have nearly as much gore, I think I liked Kinyarwanda a little more. I appreciate the realistic aspect, and I find it interesting when films do not follow the Hollywood plot line that I am so used to and that I expect! I also feel that we owe the victims the truth, and putting a happier spin on the Genocide like Hotel Rwanda, is kind of degrading, since it's just simply not what happened. We did not really see any character deaths in Hotel Rwanda (other than when Paul drove down that road) yet people were dying everywhere and it was so brutal. We also did not get to see the extent of the brutality in Hotel Rwanda. I did think it was sweet when the girl forgave the man for killing her parents, as well because I did not expect it.
Mike B This movie had a somewhat different approach. It was an all-African cast. The flow of the film could be unpredictable – and would lead you into unexpected areas. On a number of occasions some of the scenes surprised me – and I mean this in a positive way. The dialogue approached the profound. This film makes you listen and watch with intensity. There is nothing superficial here.This film was about what different people did during the Rwandan genocide. As expected some behaved very badly – and others more admirably. The violence was there – but it was suggested violence. There are men with machetes – and you know very well what this will lead to as they enter a room or a building. Perhaps there was a religious angle in the film that was somewhat over-stressed, but I can live with that.