A Survivor's Story as a Guide at Rwanda's Genocide Memorial | Short Film Showcase

As the head guide at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda, Serge Rwigamba leads heads of state and VIPs such as Angelina Jolie through his country’s deeply painful past. The task is also very personal: He lost his father and countless other family members in the 1994 genocide. The role, he says, is therapeutic, a way of understanding his trauma. Like any job though, it comes with its quirks, characters, and challenges as seen in this short directed by Juan Herrero and produced by Tik Root. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
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[@ManhattanMan10]

May all the victims whom perished in the Rwandan Genocide rest in peace. God bless their souls.

[@bethroesch2156]

To survive that horror and still be able to dance with joy ❤️ there's a good lesson ✌️

[@ImaMonaKnight]

Huge Respect..thanks..x

[@NelissaMsanifu-jn4vw]

Today i went to kigal genocide memorial
😢😢😢😢 i love my countries 😢❤❤❤ it has been 29years but it still pain our Generation may God give us love and peace😢❤

[@karlhaddad8031]

If you are intrested there is a film about this genocide
This film is very touching
HOTEL RWANDA

[@ThecrazyJH96]

Great film

[@rmsolympic1]

Agreed.

[@IkesLionsDen]

that film was so heartbreaking...Don Cheadle is a great actor

[@esthervictoreah7380]

Try watching those days in April or Shaking hands with the devil

[@notoriousnitram3996]

Very moving video.

[@keithsolid1314]

EPIC STORY BUT MORLEY SAD THEN ANYTHING 🙏🙏🙏

[@annickusengimana802]

What song did they play at the end?

[@bound4success860]

Did this genocide inspire the creation of the movie Hotel Rwanda? someone please tell.

[@HeyImLarry]

+Bound4Success Hotel Rwanda was based on a real story from the Rwanda Genocide.

[@bound4success860]

HeyImLarry I thought so. Thanks for telling me! Im thinking about making a video about it on my channel so its good to know.

[@Shanae07100]

hotel Rwanda is not a true story! it was altered! rusesabagina wasn't a hero at all!! and he's been tried for genocide crimes about a year ago!

[@HeyImLarry]

Shanae07100 A quick google search shows nothing. And yes, hotel rwanda is based on a true story. There was a fucking genocide, he fucking sheltered people from it, and he helped get them to safety.

[@Shanae07100]

+HeyImLarry it was the "Genocide against the Tutsi" I know that because I am Rwandese and I survived the Tutsi Genocide so I know what I am talking about. before trying to deny stuff and idolizing a horrible person who was responsible for the slaughtering of our beloved people get your facts right. here's the link www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/hollywood-debunked-hotel-rwanda_b_5013072.html?src=sp&comm_ref=false go and read and I can assure you rusesabagina is now a known genocide criminal and hundreds of witnesses have talked against him and how he was no saviour at all!

[@dismaldice3045]

This is like a 6 minute movie

[@thecommunitychannell-ara4600]

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