Kinyarwanda (film)
# Kinyarwanda (film)

Kinyarwanda is a 2011 film based on the Rwandan genocide.

## Film

Based on true accounts, the film consists of six interwoven tales several events happening as the genocide takes place. Mosques become a place of refuge, and the taboo of interethnic marriage between a Hutu and a Tutsi is also depicted.

## Reception

Variety described the movie as "doubly disappointing", while the African American Literature Book Club described it as a "brilliant directorial debut".

## Awards

* 2011, Sundance Film Festival: World Cinema Audience Award (Dramatic)
* 2011, AFI FEST Best International Feature Film (Audience Award)
* 2011, AFI FEST Audience Award (World Cinema)
