Rwanda: History of a Genocide

In 1994 there were over one million people massacred in Rwanda within a three month period. The only thing that these people were guilty of was being Tutsis. Another Genocide of the 20th century took place as the world stood idly by. Ten years later three French documentary filmmakers undertook to show that this massacre was thoroughly planned out and that it could have possibly been prevented. The documentary film poses several unpleasant questions, primarily how the UN could allow such a tragedy to happen. The film examines in detail the somewhat lesser known role France played in both the history of the conflict, but also in the overall history of Rwanda. France as a former colonial power never gave up its interests on the African continent. This provocative investigative documentary is an indirect indictment of democratic countries including France, which decided not to take action for the sake of diplomacy.