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Help us with a project that will have a long-lasting impact on Rwanda and its people: IRIBA CENTER FOR MULTIMEDIA HERITAGE will keep the country's history alive and accessible for all Rwandans.

Since 1994, all Rwandans share genocide as their central legacy. As they search for a path to long-lasting recovery and peace, discovering—or re-discovering—their common history and cultural identity is essential to moving forward and consolidating peaceful coexistence. Our goal is to give free and open access to that history in picture and sound.

IRIBA CENTER FOR MULTIMEDIA HERITAGE, whose name means "the source," will gather films, photographs and audio recordings dating from the start of colonial rule in East Africa, more than a century ago, to the present day. On site—in a building the French Embassy in Kigali has already pledged to us— we will offer individual screening stations, and create class and group programs. Just as important, we also plan to send mobile cinema programs out into the rural communities where most Rwandans—and the most disenfranchised Rwandans—live.

Audiovisual materials are an important part of any country's historical and cultural legacy. But in Rwanda, where many do not read or write, less than a generation after the most efficient genocide of the twentieth century, these resources will play a critical role for future generations to learn about their past as they build towards a common future free of strife.

With this Kickstarter campaign, we are aiming to raise at least $40,000 over the next eight weeks. We are offering many great rewards for each donation tier, including the US Home Video DVD of MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER, as soon as we release it (towards the end of 2011).

Kickstarter is an all or nothing funding method, so if we don't reach our goal, we will lose all your pledges, however generous.

So, please join us! Help us make IRIBA CENTER a reality by donating what you can and spreading the word far and wide!

As we say in Rwanda, MURAKOZE CYANE! — Thank you very much!

PLEDGE GIFTS and become a friend of the Iriba Center:

FOR ALL REWARDS, THERE IS A $10 SHIPPING FEE OUTSIDE THE US, FRANCE AND RWANDA.

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Every dollar counts. Become a fan of IRIBA CENTER and you'll get our eternal gratitude (and our newsletter, if you so desire!).

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Get a signed DVD of Anne Aghion's film on Antarctica, Ice People (www.icepeople.com).

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A new special reward! Get IRIBA CENTER's special T-shirt with our very own new logo on it!


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Get a signed DVD of MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER of either (a) the PAL version w/ French, English & Dutch subtitles and booklet in French (available right away), OR (b) the NTSC version w/ English subtitles and booklet (shipping late 2011).

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In addition to the "$50 or more" pledge gift, be the first to receive your IRIBA CENTER T-Shirt. We just got our brand new logo!

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Limited to 20 per title
In addition to the "$75 or more" pledge gifts, get a signed copy of either the book (a) CONSIDERING FORGIVENESS published by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, which includes a contribution by Anne Aghion, OR (b) RWANDA QUINZE ANS APRÈS: PENSER ET ÉCRIRE L'HISTOIRE DU GÉNOCIDE DES TUTSI, a special issue of the journal "Revue d'Histoire de la Shoah" on Rwanda co-edited by Assumpta Mugiraneza. (Be sure to specify which book you'd like, and if you'd like both books, just pledge twice!)


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Be the first to get the special signed DVD BOXSET of the GACACA SERIES with all four films including GACACA, Living together again in Rwanda?, IN RWANDA WE SAY... The family that does not speak dies, THE NOTEBOOKS OF MEMORY (never before released), and MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER. NTSC only with English and French subtitles, and trilingual booklet (English, French and Kinyarwanda; shipping early 2012).

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In addition to the "$75 or more" pledge gifts, you or your organization will get the rights to host a public non-commercial screening of MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER (without the filmmaker in attendance). You also get an original movie poster signed by filmmaker Anne Aghion.

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In addition to the "$500 or more" pledge gifts, Anne Aghion will join your screening for an exclusive Q&A if you are located in the New York City or Paris area. The screening can take place at a venue of your choice on a date to be mutually determined. (Transportation expenses not included)


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In addition to the "$75 or more" pledge gifts, one of the screening stations in IRIBA CENTER will be named after you. You can also chose to remain anonymous. Once the IRIBA CENTER is up and running, we will send a photo of your particular screening station.

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In addition to the "$2,500 or more" pledge gifts, an invitation for you and your guest to attend IRIBA center's official opening in 2012 (exact dates to be announced) as well as a 2-day VIP tour of Rwanda's key historical and memorial sites with IRIBA CENTER Director Assumpta Mugiraneza. You and your guest will also be invited to a dinner in Kigali with filmmaker Anne Aghion and IRIBA CENTER Director Assumpta Mugiraneza. (Your travel and accommodations not included)

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In addition to "$5,000 or more" pledge gifts, you and your guest will be invited to an exclusive one-day private visit with filmmaker Anne Aghion and IRIBA CENTER Director Assumpta Mugiraneza to the hillside village where MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER was filmed. This will include meeting people featured in the film. Anne Aghion has gone to enormous lengths to make sure these local residents remained shielded from outsiders and the media, so this is a unique and privileged opportunity. (Your travel and accommodations not included)

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