Monday, November 23, 2009
Beyond the Classroom presents "As We Forgive"
Description:
Could you forgive a person who murdered your family? This is the question faced by Rosaria and Chantal two Rwandan women coming face-to-face with the men who slaughtered their families during the 1994 genocide. Overwhelmed by an enormous backlog of court cases, the government has returned over 50,000 genocide perpetrators back to the very communities they helped to destroy. Without the hope of full justice, Rwanda has turned to a new solution: Reconciliation. But can it be done? Can survivors truly forgive the killers who destroyed their families? And can the church, which failed at moral leadership during the genocide, fit into the process of reconciliation today? This film explores the lives of four neighbors once caught in opposite tides of the genocidal bloodbath, and their extraordinary journey from death to life through forgiveness.
"A powerful, inspiring film" New York Times
Beyond the Classroom series on "Envisioning Peace"
{Will appear in FYI on Nov 18, 2009
Start Time:
7:00 PM
End Time:
9:00 PM
Room:
1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1
Common Location Name:
Other
Web Address:
www.BeyondtheClassroom.umd.edu
Other Contact Information:
Dr. James V. Riker
Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program
+1 301 314 6622
jriker@umd.edu
www.BeyondTheClassroom.umd.edu
