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SUNDANCE REVIEW: Ambitious 'Kinyarwanda' Centers on 1994 Rwandan Genocide

5:49 PM PST 1/27/2011 by Duane Bygre

The movie, competing in the world cinema dramatic section, Is the first feature to be produced by Rwandans.

PARK CITY – Kinyarwanda is the first feature film to be produced by Rwandans and focuses on the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Weaving six different true stories of the human devastation during that horror, Kinyarwanda is a very ambitious film. Unfortunately, its attempt to synthesize the overall story of the genocide through these representative stories proves overwhelming.

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