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Sitting on a Volcano - DVD ONF/NFB


Catalogue Number:  NFB522463
Producer:  National Film Board Of Canada
Producers:  Sam Grana, Don Haig, Yvan Patry
Directors:  Danièle Lacourse
Producing Agencies:  Alter-Ciné Inc. (Montreal), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Vision TV (Toronto)
Subject:  Black History, Documentary, Global Studies, World History
Language:  English
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  1995
Running Time:  55:22
Closed Captions:  Yes


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Only fifty years after the Holocaust, the world has allowed another genocide to take place, this time in Rwanda. In April 1994, the international community sat by and watched while a million Tutsi men, women and children were massacred in the central African nation. Sitting on a Volcano, the first volume in the three-part Rwanda series, follows the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Hutus who fled Rwanda to take refuge in neighbouring countries. One year after the slaughter, they find themselves trapped beween gangs of Rwandan war criminals in control of the refugee camps and their country's new masters, who show little interest in reconciliation. Sitting on a Volcano criticizes the international community, which continues to feed the killers in the refugee camps and refuses to acknowledge human rights violations in Rwanda. The video makes a strong case that until those responsible for the genocide are brought to justice, Rwanda cannot begin to heal itself. Volume 2 of the series.


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