September 2, 2012

Recipient of the 2012 "Voices of Courage and Conscience" MPAC Media Award and Winner of the 2011 Sundance World Cinema Audience Award, "Kinyarwanda" will be screening at the ISNA Convention Film Festival. 

WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012 at 11:10am
WHERE: Washington Convention Center, Room 207B
Washington, DC

Writer/Director Alrick Brown will be in attendance.

Please join us in discussion following the film, purchase a signed copy and learn about ways to bring this inspiring film to your communities!

During the Rwandan genocide, when neighbors killed neighbors and friends betrayed friends, the Mufti of Rwanda issued an edict forbidding Muslims from participating in the violence. As a result of his actions, mosques became places of refuge where Muslims and Christians, Hutus and Tutsis came together, crossing lines of hatred to protect each other - as a courageous expression of their faith. Kinyarwanda tells the interwoven stories of daily life as it went on during the genocide - of love, faith, struggle and forgiveness - based on true accounts from those who took shelter - and survived to tell their stories.