On April 7th, 2024 the rescap es of the 1994 Genocide Against the
Tutsi began for the thirtieth t... more On April 7th, 2024 the rescap es of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi began for the thirtieth time their annual mourning period for the nearly one million Tutsi who were murdered within a few months. On the occasion of the thirtieth commemoration Noam Schimmel and Jacqueline Murekatete made the following exchange possible with filmmaker Taylor Krauss, who initiated the Voices of Rwanda (2004) and Voices of Yezidi (2015) video testimony projects. This exchange explores how filmed testimony is an essential element to reparative justice. Krauss is a member of The Yale Genocide Studies Program Advisory Board.
The Voices of Rwanda (VOR) archive was founded in 2006 to film and
preserve video testimonies of ... more The Voices of Rwanda (VOR) archive was founded in 2006 to film and preserve video testimonies of rescapés1 (a French variant of “survivors”) and other primary witnesses of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.2 Twelve years after the genocide, communal forms of memory such as memorial sites, commemoration events, and legal tribunals existed in Rwanda; however, there were very few spaces in which individuals could share and record their own personal memories and history. Within the first few years of operations, VOR filmed, transcribed, and translated approximately five hundred hours of video testimony for use in research, memorialization, and education. It is from this body of testimonies that the excerpts in this chapter originate.
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Tutsi began for the thirtieth time their annual mourning period for
the nearly one million Tutsi who were murdered within a few months.
On the occasion of the thirtieth commemoration Noam Schimmel
and Jacqueline Murekatete made the following exchange possible with
filmmaker Taylor Krauss, who initiated the Voices of Rwanda (2004) and
Voices of Yezidi (2015) video testimony projects. This exchange explores
how filmed testimony is an essential element to reparative justice. Krauss
is a member of The Yale Genocide Studies Program Advisory Board.
preserve video testimonies of rescapés1 (a French variant of
“survivors”) and other primary witnesses of the 1994 genocide against
the Tutsi in Rwanda.2 Twelve years after the genocide, communal forms
of memory such as memorial sites, commemoration events, and legal
tribunals existed in Rwanda; however, there were very few spaces in
which individuals could share and record their own personal memories
and history. Within the first few years of operations, VOR filmed,
transcribed, and translated approximately five hundred hours of video
testimony for use in research, memorialization, and education. It is from
this body of testimonies that the excerpts in this chapter originate.
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