Could you forgive a person who murdered your family? This is the question faced by the subjects of As We Forgive, a documentary about Rosaria and Chantal—two Rwandan women coming face-to-face with the men who slaughtered their families during the 1994 genocide. The subjects of As We Forgive speak for a nation still wracked by the grief of a genocide that killed one in eight Rwandans in 1994. Overwhelmed by an enormous backlog of court cases, the government has returned over 50,000 genocide perpetrators back to the very communities they helped to destroy. Without the hope of full justice, Rwanda has turned to a new solution: Reconciliation. But can it be done? Can survivors truly forgive the killers who destroyed their families? Can the government expect this from its people? And can the church, which failed at moral leadership during the genocide, fit into the process of reconciliation today? In As We Forgive, director Laura Waters Hinson and narrator Mia Farrow explore these topics through the lives of four neighbors once caught in opposite tides of a genocidal bloodbath, and their extraordinary journey from death to life through forgiveness.
In Jan of 2008 Kenya faced its owe genocide or "The Clashes" as it is referred to. This film is real people dealing with the pain, anger and loss that the children we will meeting deal with everyday. Many of the children at GCC have seen family members be brutally murdered before their eyes. I would encourage you to watch this film on PBS and ask God to prepare your heart for the all the beautiful children you will meet.
Romans 12:10 "Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves
"Watch or Set your DVR to PBS (KCTS 9) : 6/29/09 @ 10pmhttp://asweforgivemovie.com/index.htm
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