Trauma, Reconciliation and Forgiveness after the Rwandan Genocide
Film and Discussion with Director Patrick Mureithi
Tuesday, 26 Jan 2010 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
ICYIZERE: Hope is a documentary by filmmaker Patrick Mureithi, who traveled to Rwanda to film a gathering of ten survivors and ten perpetrators of the l994 genocide. It documents the experience of the participants as they are taught about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and go through a series of group exercises to help build trust. The film also explores how the media was used to incite fear, hatred and ultimately, genocide, and the filmmaker's belief that media can similarly be used to unite and to heal. The first version of the film was shared with audiences at the 2008 Rwanda Film Festival and on Rwanda National Television. Director Patrick Mureithi will lead a discussion after the 45-minute screening. Part of the World Affairs Series and the Martin Luther King Jr Holiday Series.Director Patrick Mureithi is a filmmaker from Kenya, who is currently a dual artist in residence at Drury and Missouri State Universities.
ICYIZERE: Hope 5-minute trailer
Cosponsored By:
- African American Studies
- Center for American Intercultural Studies
- Center for the Study of Violence
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- College of Human Sciences
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- International Studies Program
- LAS International Programs
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Planning Committee
- Psychology
- Service Learning Program in Rwanda
- Student Union Board Multicultural Program
- World Affairs
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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