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Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MUNSummary: Through interviews with key government officials, diplomats, soldiers, and survivors, this documentary examines the state-sponsored genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Explores the reasons why the international community and the United States did not intervene as Hutu extremists killed some 800,000 Tutsis.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Home Video 2004
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GHOKayihura, Edouard
Summary: In 2004, the Academy Award-nominated movie Hotel Rwanda lionized hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina for single-handedly saving the lives of all who sought refuge in the Hotel des Mille Collines during Rwanda's genocide against the Tutsi in 1994. Because of the film, the real-life Rusesabagina has been compared to Oskar Schindler, but unbeknownst to the public, the hotel's refugees do not endorse...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 967 KAYBenaron, Naomi
Summary: Rwandan runner Jean Patrick Nkuba dreams of winning an Olympic gold medal and uniting his ethnically divided country, only to be driven from everyone he loves when the violence starts, after which he must find a way back to a better life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge Audio 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BENKinzer, Stephen.
Contents: You can't just pretend nothing happened -- Elegant golden-red beauties -- That's why I survived -- A glass of milk -- Devastation -- Creatures from another world -- We just didn't get it -- This is a coup -- Madam, they're killing my people -- What a farce -- Something really fills up in your mind -- Rwanda doesn't matter -- The tricky part -- When you're not serious, you can't be correct --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 967.571 KINContents: Tutsi. Nyanza. Rukina (5:04) -- Rurambo (3:03) -- Astrida : Umuhara (2:21) -- Cyinkanga (Nyanza Territory) : Guhindura (2:37) -- Rurambo : Muberule (2:46) -- Astrida : Kana (2:46) -- Astrida : Chandali (2:07) -- Nyanza : Ikimanura (3:35). -- Hutu. Astrida : Mugore w'ingare (2:08) -- Astrida : Induru ni ndende (5:04) -- Keya-Nyundo (Kisenyi territory) : Ikondera (1:52) -- Astrida : Ntawundi...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN ANTGourevitch, Philip
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1510 GOUSummary: In April 1994 the airplane of the Hutu President of Rwanda crashes and the Hutu militias slaughter the Tutsi population. In the Ecole Technique Officielle, Christopher, a Catholic priest and Joe Connor, an idealistic English teacher give sanctuary to twenty-five hundred Rwandans survivors in the school, which is under the protection of the UN Belgian force and under siege from the Hutu...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEYSummary: The deeply moving true story of a five-star-hotel manager who used his wits and words to save more than 1,200 lives during the 1994 Rwandan conflict.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2005
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HOT1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HOT
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOTCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Motel Hotel 2005Summary: Rwandan president Paul Kagame leads a tour of his country. Included: gorilla trekking through Volcanoes National Park; jet skiing in Lake Kivu; exploring Nyungwe Forest National Park; and observing wildlife at Akagera National Park.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 916.7571 RWASummary: "This is an African story of God's amazing grace. Through twenty years of war, the Acholi people of Northern Uganda endured rape, torture and child abduction. Many were displaced in squalid camps. Thousands died. Others are still missing. Despite all of this, the Acholi are united in a belief that the only real solution is reconciliation and forgiveness. This program is hosted by Rwandan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vision Video 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UGASummary: Based on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, where over the course of 100 days an estimated 800,000 people were killed in a terrifying purge by Hutu nationalists against their Tutsi countrymen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SOMSummary: A refugee's escape, a prisoner's promise, and a daughter's painful secret converge in this inspiring true story of hope. As three fathers fight to save their families, their lives become intertwined in an unlikely journey across the globe, where they learn the healing power of forgiveness and reconciliation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GVN Releasing 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BEACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEAPeterson, Scott.
Summary: "As a foreign correspondent, Scott Peterson witnessed firsthand Somalia's descent into war and its battle against US troops, the spiritual degeneration of Sudan's Holy War, and one of the most horrific events of the last half century: the genocide in Rwanda. In Me Against My Brother, he brings these events together for the first time to record a collapse that has had an impact far beyond...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Routledge 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 960.329 PETSummary: "Ready to go away? The experts at Fodor's are here to help. We're bringing you the very best of Africa, including Kenya's Masai Mara, Tanzania's Serengeti, Botswana's Kwando Reserve, and more. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure that you have all the essential information to plan a perfect trip and make the most of your time"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2023
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Summary: "A stunningly beautiful and heartbreaking lens on the global refugee crisis, from a man who faced the very worst of humanity and survived to advocate for refugees everywhere One night when Mondiant Dogon, a Bagogwe Tutsi born in Congo, was very young, his father's lifelong friend, a Hutu man, came to their home with a machete in his hand and warned the family they were to be killed within...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOGON, MONDIANT DOGGood Ones (Musical group)
Contents: The farmer -- Despite it all I still love you, dear friend (with Tunde Adebimpe) -- Will you be my protector? -- Where did you go wrong, my love? (with Nels Cline) -- Young people are the future -- Please come back to me (with Corin Tucker) -- Marciana, you should love -- A long, sad journey watching you die (with Kevin Shields) -- Life is hard -- Seraphinne, you are the prettiest woman in the...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK GOODestexhe, Alain.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 967.571 DESParkin, Gaile.
Summary: A novel about the real meaning of reconciliation - about how, in the aftermath of tragedy, life goes on and people still manage to find reasons to celebrate. Angel's kitchen is an oasis in the heart of Rwanda, where lives are transformed and connections are made, changing her life and the lives of all around her.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PARIlibagiza, Immaculée.
Summary: Presents the true story of a woman who endures the murder of her family as a result of genocide in Rwanda and turns to prayer for strength, love, and forgiveness.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House, Inc. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 ILICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 ILICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Christ IlibagizaLeonard, Elmore
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio 2000
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD M LEOKing, David C.
Summary: "Many people are only familiar with Rwanda through the lens of the genocide that took place in this country in 1994 that made international headlines. However, that tragic chapter in the nation's history isn't the whole story of life in Rwanda. Readers are able to gain a clearer understanding of the Rwandan genocide as well as other pivotal moments that shaped this African country into what it...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 967.571 KINSummary: In 1994, Immaculée Ilibagiza's idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. The Diary of Immaculée reveals the true story of a woman's experiences in the midst of one of history's most tragic events. Includes interviews with Dr. Wayne W. Dyer and Carl Wilkens.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Jersey Studios 2006