On cinema and the making of history in Rwanda.
An abundant cinematography was born from ashes of the Rwandan genocide of 1994. In June 2007, the French filmaker Alain Tasma walked a team in Rwanda in order to make a film on the Turquoise Operation, a military action organized by France at the end of the Rwandan genocide. The team stopped in Butare, province very touched by the massacres : it recruited extras there among the Rwandan present at the time of the drama of 1994 ; it carried out a reconstitution of the drama whereas the inhabitants were occupied with their daily occupations. The whole, 13 years after the drama. A reflection can be raised about the perceptions of these filmakings within the Rwandans. We chose to focus on intellectuals from Butare : through discussions with students and teachers and presence at the scene of the shooting of Operation Turquoise, we found that the eyes of foreigners raise expectations about the imbalance in the performances, particularly for political reasons. This view of the elites on the shooting is also indicative of a report trouble with transparency, the expression and relationship with the peasantry.