title: Kinyarwanda (film)
text: # Kinyarwanda (film)
  
  Kinyarwanda is a 2011 film based on the Rwandan genocide.
  
  ## Film
  
  Based on true accounts, the film consists of six interwoven tales several events happening as the genocide takes place. Mosques become a place of refuge, and the taboo of interethnic marriage between a Hutu and a Tutsi is also depicted.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Variety described the movie as "doubly disappointing", while the African American Literature Book Club described it as a "brilliant directorial debut".
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 2011, Sundance Film Festival: World Cinema Audience Award (Dramatic)
  * 2011, AFI FEST Best International Feature Film (Audience Award)
  * 2011, AFI FEST Audience Award (World Cinema)
  