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Keepers of Memory
Directed byEric Kabera
Release date
  • 2004 (2004)
CountryRwanda

Keepers of Memory is a 2004 documentary film directed by Rwandan filmmaker Eric Kabera. It documents the eyewitness accounts and traumatic aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Synopsis

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In the documentary, features accounts of victims and perpetrators of the genocide.[1][2][3]

Production

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The title refers to the people who take care of Rwanda's sacred burial sites, which keep the memory of the genocide alive for future generations.[4]

Release and later screenings

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Keepers of Memory was screened at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]

It was shown at the 5th Jewish Filmfestival Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia, in 2011,[6] and at the 2020 Fribourg International Film Festival in Fribourg, Switzerland.[5]

References

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  1. "Eric Kabera (Kwetu Film Institute) : Changing the Story". changingthestory.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. "Keepers Of Memory (2004) Movie Review from Eye for Film". www.eyeforfilm.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  3. "Celebrity watch: Eric Kabera". The New Times. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  4. "Screening of Keepers of Memory with Director Eric Kabera". USC Shoah Foundation. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  5. 1 2 Keepers of Memory, retrieved 27 July 2022
  6. "Keepers of Memory". Jewish Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 July 2022.