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Date: November 2011
Location: Rwanda, UK, USA, Mexico
Distributor: RTV, Tele10, Sky, VOD – 64 min.
Credits: directed, filmed & produced by Claudio von Planta
Additional Cameraman: Jonathan Richards
Editor: Julia Frater
Reporter: Sorious Samura
Winner of Hillywood Silverback Award
RWANDA-17 Healing a Nation follows the first ever Rwandan footballers who qualified to compete at a World Cup. Their success inspires hope for reconciliation after the 1994 genocide.
The stars of RWANDA-17 are teenage African footballers from war torn Rwanda who managed to qualify for the 2011 Under-17 World Cup in Mexico. This never happened before. Their story is a metaphor of Rwanda’s breathtaking recovery after the 1994 genocide and shows how the success of these young footballers – all born after 1994 – can re-unite a nation and inspire hope for reconciliation, development and a better future.
RWANDA-17 is presented by award winning reporter Sorious Samura who became well known for his filming of the brutal civil war in his home country Sierra Leone. Frustrated about the lack of progress in Sierra Leone Sorious wanted to find out how Rwandans managed to restore peace and rebuild their country more effectively.
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BLOOD ON THE STONE
BY ANY MEANS (2)
COMMANDO CHAPLAINS
GUNS FOR HIRE - AFGHANISTAN
GUNS FOR HIRE - CONGO DRC
HULL FREEDOM TRAIL
KARZAN'S BROTHERS
LIVING WITH AIDS
LONG WAY DOWN
LONG WAY ROUND
NEIL'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
PAKISTAN ON THE TIGHTROPE
RACING GREEN
RAPE TRADE
REBELS OF THE FORGOTTEN WORLD
RWANDA-17 Healing a Nation
SADDAM'S LEGACY
SADDAM'S SECRET TIME BOMB
SPELL OF THE ALBINO
SURVIVING SUDAN
THE CUBA CONNECTION
THE ORGAN TRADERS
THE PEOPLE SMUGGLERS
THE SAUDI TAPES
THE THIN BLUE LINE
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