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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 02:19 PM EDT
altAs We Forgive, a documentary about reconciliation between survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, is scheduled for release this fall on DVD from Mpower Pictures in association with Priddy Brothers and is being distributed to Christian retail by Sound Enterprises.

Directed by Laura Waters Hinson and narrated by Mia Farrow, As We Forgive follows Rosaria and Chantale--two Rwandan women who come face-to-face with the men who slaughtered their families and attempted to murder them during the genocide. An estimated 1 million Rwandans were killed, and nearly a million widows and orphans were left in the genocide's wake.

The 2008 Student Academy Award-winning documentary is tied to the book As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation From Rwanda by Catherine Claire Larson, released in February by Zondervan.

In conjunction with numerous initiatives related to the film--commemorating the 15th anniversary of the genocide--Mpower Pictures and Image Bearer Pictures have partnered with Prison Fellowship International to launch Living Bricks, a nonprofit initiative that helps repentant genocide perpetrators build housing for their victims' families. More than 10,000 ex-prisoners have started the reconciliation process and have expressed interest in participating.

"We're creating a movement out of the movies, so the discussion doesn't stop after audiences watch the film," said Stephen McEveety, CEO of Mpower Pictures who has produced films such as The Passion of The Christ and Braveheart. "We want people to respond in effective ways to help communities around the world."

 

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