HU OSA 350-3-1:40/1

The Dead Are Still Alive

De doden zijn niet dood

Item

Moving Image

34 minutes

Dutch; Flemish (Original), French (Original), Dutch; Flemish (Original), Dutch; Flemish (Subtitles)

Not Restricted

documentary film

Based on a book written by Els De Temmerman, “The Dead Are Still Alive” is a documentary about genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The death of the Rwandan President Habyarimana, on April 6, 1994 has launched a violent response to the years of immense tension and social-economic differences between the Tutsi and Hutu. The documentary begins with President Habyarimana's plane crash and moves slowly through the weeks that followed that calamitous day. The film includes footage with: evacuation of the foreigners in April 1994; evacuation of a psychiatric center where a number of Rwandans had sought refuge; trucks loaded with refugees which head for the border; massive exodus towards the Tanzanian border; life in the Benaco camp; reporters returning to Rwanda in May after the bulk of the killings stopped; the arrival of the first French military contingent as part of Operation Turquoise; RPF troops; Goma refugee camp where, at the instigation of some of the elders, the young confiscate the food delivered by NGOs and the international community and distribute it as they see fit. The film features interviews with Jean Kambanda (Prime Minister of the Interim Government) who accuses the RPF of shooting down Habyarimana's plane, Col. Lizinde (RPF), Belgian missionaries, Rwandan civilians and prisoners.