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murdered my family that is 3. to 1000000 people were killed over the course of just 100 days. most of this crowd weren't even born there they're here today to audition for a t.v. talent show. on show. it was the one i was going to say months since. the show is called east africa's gone talent it's similar to programs that are broadcast in europe and the u.s. . in the simon is in charge of the auditions like many others. here simon

lost family members in the genocide who want his young people know the history of the massacre but on days like this they try to forget about it for a while still you know we're just. we're moving on we're moving along we don't want to be held by what's happened in the past we want to move on we want to look for the future and it doesn't but the odds you all know we're in the period of $100.00 days of calm the ritual and just this thing is part of it so we remember we are night and then wouldn't you so we have a new ourselves and this is part of the new york about what what what one of my one people are called up to audition. and this one was a has come here with a friend who is an aspiring singer. for nasa herself is too shy to sign up for the show she's a survivor of the genocide. but that. movie made i

think this show is great there aren't many jobs for young people in rwanda but they all want to black can make their dreams come true well this might give them a chance. that he could wind up what we would have won by need as a. son and simon 1st met at a support group for genocide survivors. he's become a surrogate father to her. the effects of the genocide are reflected even today in various aspects of rwandan culture the a on. a performing arts group called rehearses a play that deals in part with bonus a story. all i have left this bloodstained. which. nest cruelty the role of n.s.a.

as played by my own. internet is parents died in the genocide when she was just an infant i don't know much about. what did you look like. did i have your eyes. the finger is. perhaps even your smile. she's such a confused young fragile child she represents a lot of these days we have a lot of questions and that's basically what i'm doing in this scene with orson she's asking her mom about her history did you know it's difficult because her mom is new to the. sound of. a singer named rosetta plays vanessa's mother as the woman lay dying she asked a young girl to take the baby to safety. for tuesday evening.

did you know marie was a would to. go out * there i. was told. this is the real vanessa she was rescued by grace a woman model a hutu who was 13 years old at the time grace put her life at risk for saving the life of a 20. grace and vanessa still live together today along with grace's biological children in the us. after the genocide life was hard for me because there were still tensions between the ethnic groups and. we tried to get along with each other but it wasn't easy. people used to call me insulting names all the time on how good david cooley influenced. one of those names was cockroach

a derogatory term the hutus often used to describe to its use. of honey could give a clue in a way have only one with things are different today at school the kids are taught that we're all citizens of rwanda one quick being sued and that there were no differences between us fit to begin a cute kind of bull market calling out of corn. the name of the play is generation $25.00 it tells the story of a nasa and several others who were born in the year that the genocide took place. and it's not. that. we have a lot of questions and we're hungry for the truth we want to know what's up but it's so hard to really get to these questions i mean if you didn't get. the group's founder and artistic director hope says that genocide as

a recurring theme and rwandan society. to be honest there are some questions regarding genocide that just have no answer. because it's a unique evil it's a unique ideology that is written well and sometimes it just blows your mind that if a human being just wakes up one morning and a human being in that class and walks out of them and the beast in them is in thrall. and how do we booked in for bad days so i'm just make wishing that this young generation can detect this beast and suppressed. the genocide came to an end in july 994 when a rebel group the rwandan patriotic front overthrew the government the r.p.s. has led the country since then and has turned for wanda into. a model african state

economic growth is strong the streets are clean and corruption levels are low. but the r.p.s. government has also imposed strict limits on political rights and civil liberties because the authorities claim that the country is still threatened by hutu militias . we are now on our way to eastern congo after our p.f. troops put a stop to the massacres hundreds of thousands of hutus fled to the forests near the border because they feared reprisal attacks by rwanda's tutsi led government. there are still occasional outbreaks of violence in the region. the united nations is trying to stabilize the situation in eastern congo part of that effort involves offering sanctuary to rebels who agree to stop fighting. those who want to

surrender simply call our hotline rosa talks to a rebel who wants to turn himself in. saying you have no weapons right where you are right now. try to get to tongo we can perhaps pick you up there. where the minor ones are. many fighters still fear that if they return to rwanda the authorities will punish them. it's 25 year old rwandan fighter has nothing to be afraid of he had nothing to do with the killings back then we try to explain that to them. even men who are now 30 were children during the genocide but the militia leaders are playing on the fears of those who fight for them thank you for this it's. the

1st stop for those fighters who managed to escape is a un reception camp. in sa by monisha was a member of the rwandan militia group until he found out about the un resettlement program. he's given a thorough medical examination perhaps the 1st one he's ever had. in saudi man and knows little about rwanda he was born in congo his parents fled there after the genocide. it was a long trip but i'm safe now and i hope the un will continue to help me my future will be different now. he says his parents would

never consider going back to probe wanda. talks to students about the various militia groups that are now operating in eastern congo. he asks the audience what is the primary function of these soldiers. the other students have a laugh at that remark. he did. the rosa explains that the militia group. whether they are from rwanda or congo are terrorizing the civilian population the f t l r is especially notorious in the region. this one does that give even. these rebels are taking advantage of the local residents of the us you don't believe the soldiers need meat they steal a coat from someone. if they want

a woman or a young girl if they take one from the very villages they say they are protecting says all. you simply this in mecca rebels recruit local boys and teach them how to use weapons. well those boys don't go to school either. we try to convince the locals not to support the rebel groups because it will bring nothing but trouble. after in something and another ex rebel hubby man i'm always finish their meal they'll be transported to rwanda as part of the government's reintegration effort. i'm really happy right now if i had wings i would fly. i'm going back to my home and i got away from the rebels and i'm glad i did i say.

have a mano was born in rwanda in 1994 the year of the genocide so he's part of generation $25.00 his parents fled to the congo and took their infant son with them. obviously these 2 young men had nothing to do with the massacre. the sons are paying a price for crimes committed by their parents to. narration. as they cross the border it seems like they're in a different world but real wanton society is still dealing with the effects of the genocide.

this former catholic church in the village of antara now serves as a memorial to the 5000 people who were killed here in just one day. that. the remains of genocide victims are still being found and rwanda once the bodies have been identified relatives can make funeral arrangements. this helps to give the families a sense of closure. a

national memorial service is held every year president paul kagame a spoke at the $29000.00 of vent and issued a stern warning this will seem to have seen enough of the mess. want to miss with us where the death toll will from outside. i want to sit. with miss up with them big time big to thank the speech was well received by cook i'm a supporters his threat against rwanda's enemies was almost certainly directed against the congo based f t l r militia thank you. here

the theatre group continues their rehearsal this part of the play deals with a young man whose father took part in the genocide how does he cope with the terrible legacy of those crimes there's no more. hope. she says and. most. that she's seen most. sometimes the truth cuts sometimes the truth sticks out somewhere but it's the same thing that if you are driving doomed and for they want to hear you have to be true right you can go tough rabbit will have have to eat so clinging to these and sometimes is paying for to needs to heal we are all trying to rebuild

a new image that is and an image of unity and a consolation prize hard as it may be i mean people still have people still have you know everything's still sensitive but only one step at a time and yet people do so share their stories but not you don't come upstate and think to put the chicken was king. but. meanwhile the 2 former rebels arrive at a reintegration camp in rwanda. they'll take part in an extensive government run training program that aims to prepare them for. or civilian life. you know no i've been here less than an hour and i like it already this is a good place as what is. called a mana recognizes a few of his former brothers in arms. in recent years tens of thousands of former rebels have voluntarily returned to rwanda. at 1st some are

skeptical about the free integration program but in any case they're glad that they don't have to fight anymore. the next morning there's a special assembly. they're singing a song that praises the rwandan state its main themes are peace unity and reconciliation there are no longer any official distinctions between hutus and tutsis. there. afterward a psychologist talks about how to deal with trauma he says it can help to talk openly about these experiences most of these men have never done that. there

is no statute of limitations on crimes committed during the genocide those found to have taken part can still be prosecuted. no one knows why and sell them honest parents stayed in congo he doesn't know where he's going to live after he leaves the reintegration camp perhaps with relatives. but the money will soon meet members of his family. and the manager of the facility was one of the soldiers who helped to end the genocide. many of his relatives were killed in the massacres but now he believes that it's essential to bring hutus and tutsis together. the. talking about tutsis doesn't invite what but to hear we do talk about it. their way of. teaching these people to go day is that the or broad

we have already traveled it up on a new mission there but the rebel leaders in eastern congo continue to preach the ideology of genocide more. or interest him back to mary told us that they had killed people which is already and that's why they had to leave for a wanda one arch there that's all i know is it they didn't like to talk about it. and we keep 20 as they pass to get us through. being caught by their ideology and by war by climate but everything by talking it helps them. just heal their own and the local 1st about life. the next day camp officials give hubby mana some money and

permission to visit his family for 3 days it's an important part of the reintegration process but it will. have to. be mana hasn't seen his mother for 10 years she returned to rwanda when he was a teenager he stayed with the rebels. i'm so happy that my child has come back to me there was here. we. are all the neighbors are glad to see him too some of them are hutus others are tootsies they tell him that it's hard to make a living out here in the countryside and.

i've. heard a chair when we were in the congo we always hoped that we'd find gold but we never did. i wonder what sort of work i can find when they i what my future will be like. vanessa asks herself the same questions she'd like to start her own business someday but right now she doesn't have the money to continue her education. here she and her neighbors are taking part in the government's compulsory cleanup program which takes place once a month it's called gunda which translates as coming together in common purpose. the perpetrators and victims of genocide work side by side but for vanessa it's still difficult to discuss the events at that time in her life she's going to lose ground. quote i always think that someone else has to speak fully now if it was who

i can't express but i really feel alone woulda if i could i'd have a better life and i'd probably be able to find a job now what it was but i just can't get the words on a kid so i always have to depend on others to help me but. we've come to the annual ceremony that commemorates the victims of the genocide it's called cock which means to remember. director hope a zeta and her theater group are holding a final rehearsal before their performance where. the production manager is simon a young women who earlier organize the auditions for the t.v. show. the premiere of the play generation $25.00 will take place at the genocide memorial

in could only 250000 victims are buried here that this is a place that calls for 'd going to buy detention this is a special place that speaks to us so you if you're going to go fees and the band does does that all and so we're going to be if you want is connect with the space but you're here for this business press is a very special space it is i suppose that those are you here for me i listening to . now you i want to go back. it's more like that yeah well yes but more than a 1000 people come to see the play most of them are actually part of generation 25 . percent of us and extended to step aside to some like the nasa may have experienced the horrors of the genocide firsthand others like the ex rebels may feel guilty about the crimes committed by their parents' generation. that.

was. about it but. what's what. but this play is just part of a long and difficult process of reconciliation. the formants is a big success not least because the cast addressed complex and painful issues that still dominate rwandan society. right. now never again is a really important skill given that suit should be kept because the stories are just so terrifying they're terrifying and that's something that i wish one that will never experience never again read to us ambassador sends congratulations that

was so wonderful at the light through you with the cost cutting you. know that the face if i missed it was silly yes it was yes it was a heavy defeat with invisible. we've come to simon iowa i miss home where he and his family are hosting a dinner for a few friends. monday guest is vanessa she enjoys meeting other members of the survivors group. simon met his future wife at a meeting of a similar support organisation these groups have been set up across the country and vanessa says they do a lot of good. will and glad that i found this group. i like being around these people he sound. the same on to simon is like

a father or brother to us he's older than we i'm always happy to see him that we meet people from different generations and have a meal i really enjoy it. some of simon's relatives are also here along with a few members of his extended family of genocide survivors he says it's important for them to meet regularly and provide support for each other. we all have different stories one heart of defeat experience is it dave and it's it's a vast gloopy created waste of human lives the physical. love and the play it is part as well and of how we came before say but after dinner simon's baby daughter your arena is formally introduced to the guests this ceremony is a tradition in many vote one families because it helps to promote

a sense of community. a. further 25 years ago such traditions were very nearly destroyed and i wonder that because you know that for many the psychological trauma of the genocide is still very real those who lived through it like the nasa are learning to cope but it's a long and complex process. and the national hopes to have children of her own one day. when she was the same age as arena she lay helpless next to her dying mother it but she survived. the.

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