Reviews of My Neighbor My Killer
“Brilliant” + Inclusion in The Best Documentary Films of 2009.
—Jennifer Merin, About.com: Documentaries >
“Anne Aghion's profoundly moving documentary about ongoing reconciliation efforts in post-genocide Rwanda, has been screened at leading film festivals around the world”
—July 2010 update from About.com >
On June 20th The New York Times Arts section featured Anne Aghion on Page 1. “Anne Aghion asks a lot of tough questions in My Neighbor My Killer, the fourth and last in her series of films about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. But the most difficult, posed on the posters for her new film, may be this: after the killing has ceased, and order has been restored, “How do you make it right again?"
Read the article: pdf or nytimes.com >
"Aghion's amazing My My Neighbor, My Killer brilliantly captures the aftermath of an unimaginable experience through the words and expressions of those who survived. Highly recommended."
—Video Librarian >
Winner of the Human Rights Watch 2009 Nestor Almendros Prize for courage in filmmaking, and nominated for a Gotham Award in October.
A selection of reviews from the Cannes Film Festival screenings where the film was a Special Screening in the Official Selection:
“Excellent”
“Powerful and essential” |
“Exceptional” “An historic document of incalculable value, but also a superbly shot work of cinema” |
“Worth Your Time”
More praise for My Neighbor My Killer: “As with Anne's other work, this film is both moving and perceptive in capturing the range of conflicting interests and emotions in this terribly complicated situation. What I admire most about her work is the way she has been able to get inside the context."
—Alison Des Forges, Author of Leave None to Tell the Story and former Senior Consultant to Human Rights Watch
“Documentary a window into Rwanda's reconciliation efforts”
—Elizabeth Barber, The Cambodia Daily >
“Deeply Moving”—Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post >
“[Pulls] the veil back from... a Western whitewash of Rwandan reconciliation”
—Greg Wright, PTPopcorn.com >
Reviews from the film trilogy
In Rwanda We Say... is an Emmy Award winner
Gacaca is a Unesco Fellini Prize winner
"An astonishing [film]..."
—The Washington Post. Read the article >
"One of the most remarkable documentaries you are likely to see this year."
—Connecticut Post Read the article pdf >
"Recommended!"
—Educational Media Reviews Online
“Seminal…” and “an impressive docu…”
—Variety. Read the article >
"excellent" and "riveting"
—LA Weekly. Read the article pdf >
“Anne Aghion films without any preconceptions. With an open, human approach, she wants to understand how one lives with ‘what happened.’”—Le Monde
“…Don't hesitate for a moment to watch this… An essential film…”
—Radio Suisse Romande
"What I find extraordinary about Anne's film is that she stayed around and listened long enough. The kind of attention that Rwanda has received after the genocide has been dominated by people who came from the outside, who formed quick judgments about good guys and bad guys.''
—As told to The New York Times, by Alison des Forges, senior adviser to Human Rights Watch. Read the article >
"[These] unpretentious films about Rwanda cover ground not covered in [other films]."
—The Villager. Read the article pdf >
“A remarkable documentary…”
—Télécable & Satellite Hebdo
Filming for over a decade in a tiny rural hamlet, Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Anne Aghion has charted the impact of the Gacaca (Ga-CHA-cha)—citizen-based justice— on survivors and perpetrators alike.Learn More >
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