'Keepers of Memory' Film Screening

Director Eric Kabera presents his touching account of the men and women who watch over sacred burial sites in Rwanda, ensuring no one forgets the 1994 genocide.

Friday, January 27, 2006
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Room 100
Moore Hall
UCLA campus
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Keepers of Memory - Survivors' Accounts of the Rwandan Genocide - 60 minutes
Eric Kabera will introduce the film and conduct a question and answer session immediately after the conclusion of the film. 

Synopsis:

• Through eyewitness accounts and gripping footage, acclaimed director Eric Kabera takes the viewer on an emotional journey into the 1994 Rwandan genocide, its survivors, and the memorials created in the victims' honor. The film focuses on the personal accounts of men and women who watch over the sacred burial sites keeping the memories alive for future generations.

Director's Bio:

• Born in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Eric Kabera made his studies in psychology, pedagogy and law. After a training offered by Reuters Foundation in London, he became a radio journalist for three years with the national broadcaster and a freelancer for the Africa Section of the BBC. Since 1994, he runs his Link Media Production company in Rwanda whose production credits range from the first feature length film on the Rwandan genocide "100 Days" to multiple documentaries and shorts specializing on the Great Lakes region of Rwanda. Kabera founded the Rwanda Cinema Centre (RCC) with the intention of training and facilitating filmmaking in Rwanda.

For more information about the film, or to discuss future screenings, please contact Erik Gudris of Choices, Inc. at egudris@dslextreme.com or contact him at:

Choices Inc.
421 S. Beverly Drive
6th Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Cost : Free and open to the public; parking is $8 in lot 2.

For more information please contant:

James S. ColemanAfrican Studies Center

africa@international.ucla.edu

www.international.ucla.edu/africa

Sponsor(s): African Studies Center, Choices, Inc.