Item Detail Information

Streaming Media

From Arusha to Arusha

Copies

0 Total copies, 0 Copies are in, 0 Copies are out.

From Arusha to Arusha focuses on the Rwandan tragedy in order to examine the functioning of the international justice system. It examines both the activities of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which is prosecuting those responsible for the genocide, as well as those of the gacaca courts, the people's tribunals, which are working towards justice through reconciliation. By juxtaposing archival audiovisual footage of an international court enacting justice behind closed doors, with images and testimony gathered in the field, the film presents conflicting points of view and invites the Rwandan people to re-appropriate their own history. Christophe Gargot has his roots in the rich documentary tradition of such filmmakers as Raymond Depardon, people who are interested in focussing on the rituals of large institutions. This film examines the issue of universal moral values in action while at the same time questioning our relationship with the images we take in and our responsibilities as world citizens.

Share It:

Summary MARC Cover Image Additional Info

General Note

Agency:.Produced by Atopic in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada and Amers, with the participation of Centre National de la Cinématographie, Sofica Cinémage 2 and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, and with the support of Post-Caméra and La Société civile des auteurs multimédias (Brouillon d'un rêve).
Agency - French program:.Québec Studio.

Credit Note

Writer, Christophe Gargot ; director, Christophe Gargot ; editorial advisor, Thierry Cruvellier ; camera, Samuel Dravet ; sound recording, Frédéric Salles ; picture editing, Anne Lacour ; sound editing, Jean-Marc Schick ; mixing, Jean-Marc Schick ; producer, Christophe Gougeon, Antoine Segovia, Yves Bisaillon, Christian Medawar.

Performer Note

Participation, Jean de Dieu Bucyibaruta, Laurien Ntezimana, Marie Goretti Uwaliboye.

Time of Event Note

Recorded 2008.

Summary

From Arusha to Arusha focuses on the Rwandan tragedy in order to examine the functioning of the international justice system. It examines both the activities of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which is prosecuting those responsible for the genocide, as well as those of the gacaca courts, the people's tribunals, which are working towards justice through reconciliation. By juxtaposing archival audiovisual footage of an international court enacting justice behind closed doors, with images and testimony gathered in the field, the film presents conflicting points of view and invites the Rwandan people to re-appropriate their own history. Christophe Gargot has his roots in the rich documentary tradition of such filmmakers as Raymond Depardon, people who are interested in focussing on the rituals of large institutions. This film examines the issue of universal moral values in action while at the same time questioning our relationship with the images we take in and our responsibilities as world citizens.

System Det Note

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Awards Note

Georges de Beauregard National Prize, 2008
Special Mention (Amnesty International Jury Award), 2009

Source of Description Note (R)

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).