The genocide in Rwanda

Meaning-making through film

Authors

  • Colin Murray Parkes

Keywords:

Rwanda, traumatic bereavement, film, meaning-making, cycle of violence

Abstract

Abstract

This article reviews four DVDs of recent films about the Rwandan massacres of 1994 and gives a summary of the history leading up to the violence. The author considers the inevitable bias of those who are in a position to write history, film as a tool for meaning-making, and the possible role of bereavement interventions in breaking vengeful cycles of violence.

References

Parkes, CM. 1996. Genocide in Rwanda: personal reflections. Mortality, 1(1): 95–110.

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Published

2009-04-01

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Original Articles