Kinyarwanda (film)

Kinyarwanda is a 2011 film based on the Rwandan genocide.

Kinyarwanda
Written by	Alrick Brown and Ishmael Ntithabose
Running time	100 minutes [1]

Film

Based on true accounts,^[2] the film consists of six interwoven tales of several events happening as the genocide takes place.^[3][4] Mosques become a place of refuge,^[5] and the taboo of interethnic marriage between a Hutu and a Tutsi is also depicted.^[6]

Reception

Variety described the movie as "doubly disappointing",^[7] while the African American Literature Book Club described it as a "brilliant directorial debut".^[8]

Awards

• 2011, Sundance Film Festival: World Cinema Audience Award (Dramatic)^[9]
• 2011, AFI FEST Best International Feature Film (Audience Award)^[10]
• 2011, AFI FEST Audience Award (World Cinema)^{[citation needed]}