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Human Rights Month Kick Off Event—As We Forgive

A documentary about Rosaria and Chantal—two Rwandan women coming face-to-face with the men who slaughtered their families during the 1994 genocide. The subjects of As We Forgive speak for a nation still wracked by the grief of a genocide that killed one in eight Rwandans in 1994. Overwhelmed by an enormous backlog of court cases, the government has returned over 50,000 genocide perpetrators back to the very communities they helped to destroy. Without the hope of full justice, Rwanda has turned to a new solution: Reconciliation.

Join us for the local film premiere and discussion with the filmmaker. Laura Waters Hinson, an AU alumna, won a student Academy Award for her powerful, moving film about reconciliation in Rwanda, As We Forgive. At the screening, Hinson will discuss her tough choices in telling a story both heartbreaking and uplifting, and share her production and funding strategies. You’ll also meet Rwandan survivors, who will talk about the reconciliation process.Watch trailer here