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Africa in Pieces: The Tragedy of the Great Lakes

Africa in Pieces: The Tragedy of the Great Lakes

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2000

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

L'Afrique en morceaux, la tragédie des grands lacs

Production Companies

Canal+, CAPA

Director

Jihan El-Tahri

Description

April, 1994. Genocide in Rwanda. 800,000 dead. A catastrophe that upset the balance in the entire region. The Great Lakes region of Africa ended the year with a bloodbath. This documentary shows the intrigues, the dramatic effects, the treasons, the vengeances that prevailed over those years and whose only goal was to maintain or increase each faction’s area of influence. In just ten years, the population saw all their hopes vanish: The dream of an Africa in control of its own destiny, alimentary self-sufficiency, the end of interethnic conflicts