Documentaries In Bloom

My Neighbor, My Killer

Anne Aghion, 2009, 80 min.

Could you ever forgive the people who slaughtered your family? In 1994, Rwanda’s Hutu populace was incited to wipe out the country’s Tutsi minority, with 800,000 lives claimed in 100 days. In 1999, the government began the Gacaca (ga-CHA-cha)—open-air hearings with citizen-judges meant to try their neighbors and rebuild the nation. Through their fear and anger, accusations and defenses, blurry truths, inconsolable sadness and hope for life renewed, follow this emotional journey to co-existence. Winner of the Human Rights Watch 2009 Nestor Almendros Prize for courage in filmmaking and an Official Selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

 Tagline: When peace comes, how do you make it right again? An epic journey in search of co-existence in Rwanda.

Official Website: http://www.gacacafilms.com/mnmk/

 Tuesday, January 12th

7:30 pm, My Neighbor My Killer

 Wednesday, January 13th

7:30 pm, My Neighbor My Killer

 Thursday, January 14th

7:30 pm, My Neighbor My Killer

Friday, January 15th

7:30 pm, My Neighbor My Killer

Saturday, January 16th

7:30 pm, My Neighbor My Killer

 Sunday, January 17th

5:00 pm My Neighbor My Killer

7:30 pm Babylon

Keeling's Caribbean Movie Showcase

 Babylon

Dir. Franco Rosso, 1980, 91 min.

"Criminally Underrated!"

Babylon is set in South London at the start of the ’80s, a time when reggae music was at its peak, along with a distinctively British brand of xenophobia and racism that saw American boxer Marvin Hagler pelted with bottles at Wembley after beating Alan ‘I’ll never lose to a black man’ Minter. The plot concerns Blue, lead chanter for Ital Lion Sound (played by Aswad singer and former Double Decker Brinsley Forde), in the run-up to a competition with a rival crew led by Jah Shaka (who appears as himself). Over the course of the film Blue socialises with his friends and clashes with his family, employer, and a local clan of racists, before going on a spiritual and physical journey through small hours London where he encounters a series of trials and temptations that set up the film’s violent climax. -Angus Taylor 

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0nhcK_bylU

Babylon Website: http://www.uncarved.org/babylon/?p=59

Audio with Director [kicks in after a long musical intro]: http://www.uncarved.org/mp3/rosso.mp3

Glowing review of Babylon: http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/your-favourite-british-films/14274-babylon-1980-franco-rossos-cult-classic.html

 Monday, January 18th

7:30 pm My Neighbor My Killer