A republic gone mad : Rwanda 1894-1994 = Une rʹepublique devenue folle / a film by Luc de Heusch & Kathleen de Béthune ; Simple Production RTBF - Television Belge, BRTN - Vlaamse Openbare Omroep.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Heusch, Luc de, producer, commentator.

Bet́hune, Kathleen de, producer.

Simple Production (Firm), producer.

Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française, producer.

Belgische Radio en Televisie Nederlands, producer.

First Run/Icarus Films, distributor.

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atrocities--Rwanda.

Atrocities.

Genocide--Rwanda.

Genocide.

Colonial influence.

Rwanda.

Rwanda--History--Civil War, 1994.

History.

Rwanda--History.

Rwanda--Colonial influence.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Rʹepublique devenue folle

Place of Publication:

Brooklym, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 1996.

System Details:

DVD.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

The bloody, violent history of Rwanda starting in 1894, after Catholic missionaries sowed the seeds of ethnic conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi, eventually resulting in the massacre of one million Tutsi by the Hutu in 1994.

Participant:

Commentary: Luc de Heusch.

Notes:

Originally produced in French in 1996 under title: Une rʹepublique devenue folle.

Title from container.

Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

OCLC:

427636918