Rwanda6 Essential Films from RwandaStop 4 of 6

Behind This Convent

Name: Behind This Convent
Released: 2008

2008

In this documentary, a Rwandan filmmaker returns to the site where his own family was slaughtered during the genocide, confronting the killers and the unbearable weight of memory. A personal reckoning.

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Part of 6 Essential Films from Rwanda

This film is stop 4 of 6 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Rwanda. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Rwanda in the 196 country film challenge.