[Imc-supervisors] Film Screening Today: "Beyond Justice"

[Katy Vizdal]

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* Film Screening Today: "Beyond Justice" - Monday, September 20th at 7pm!*

[image: Image]<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?UCIndependentMediaCe/4c810cc475/TEST/27b2f94ba2>“Beyond
Justice”
Synopsis of the ICTR “Media Case” documentary
running time est. 58 minutes
screening followed by Q&A with filmmaker and UN ICTR staff representatives

The Rwandan media were used to spread the ideology of genocide, to encourage
and incite the general population to join in the government’s orchestrated
killing campaign in 1994 and to identify individuals targeted to be killed.
As a result, the pre-genocide communication environment in Rwanda was
characterized as an era of “hate media.” Most notorious among the Rwandan
“hate media” were Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) and the
Kangura newspaper.

This documentary analyzes the “Media Case” in which the United Nations
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (UNICTR) convicted the owners and
journalists from RTLM and Kangura in December 2003 for using the media to
commit the crime of genocide by inciting the Rwandan general population to
murder.

The documentary presents highlights of the courtroom trial sessions at the
ICTR and explores the role of the Rwandan media, especially radio, in
spreading genocide ideology and the propaganda of ethnic hatred to incite
the population. It presents a brief history of the development of mass media
in Rwanda, surveys the present media environment and examines the potential
of the media to re-educate the population and to promote societal
reconciliation and peace in the country.

The theme of going beyond justice is developed through interviews with
genocide convicts, family members of genocide convicts, genocide survivors,
political and judicial leaders in Rwanda as well as the ICTR Prosecutor and
legal staff who prosecuted the “Media Case” convicts. By showing that the
convicts in the “Media Case” were brought to justice for their misuse of the
media, this documentary provides a legal and social context that may help to
refute the propaganda messages of Rwandan hate media and to counter the
ideology that led to the 1994 genocide.

Start time: 7pm
Admission: FREE

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Katy Vizdal
Performance Venue Coordinator
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
202 S. Broadway
Urbana, IL 61801

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