Five Live and Legendary Austin Performances This Month

Local stages shake with terror, delight, and motion this September

"...creator Odile Gakire Katese from survivors and perpetrators of Rwanda's 1994 genocide, The Book of Life leads audiences on..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Promise

The Armenian Genocide as seen through a love triangle

"...new film The Promise and his 2004 award-winner Hotel Rwanda are evident from the outset. This director, who is..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Carolyn Cohagan's Time Zero

With her new YA novel and her program Girls With Pens, the Austin author promotes literacy as girl power

"...has also been informed by Cohagan's 2013 trip to Rwanda as an arts envoy for the U.S. State Department...."

May 20, 2016 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

The Luv Doc: Boobs or Balls?

If you could re-live your life as either sex, which would it be?

"...Burundi. That’s the country that shares a border with Rwanda. It’s one of the five poorest countries in the..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Building a New Kingdom

AFS Doc nights: 'Sweet Dreams'

"...have thought that a mere two decades after a genocide, Rwanda could rebound with life lessons about reconciliation and..."

July 11, 2014 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Postcard From Poland

Confronting violence at the Dialog international theatre fest

"...in all Europe -- drawing companies and artists from Rwanda, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Iran, Estonia, and Hungary, as..."

Oct. 17, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

From Africa to Zombies: Cori Stern Can't Stop

The weird, life-changing story of the "Warm Bodies" producer

"...Open Heart covers eight kids who travel from Rwanda to the Sudan to receive open heart surgery. That..."

Feb. 9, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Docs To Watch

"...of Rising From Ashes. For the children of 1994's Rwandan genocide – in which 800,000 of their friends, family,..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Feature by Russ Espinoza

AFF Honors Chris Carter, Announces First Wave

Outstanding TV Writing Award for 'X-Files' creator

"...to compete in the Tour de France) moves to Rwanda and teams with Tom Ritchey (inventor of the mountain..."

Aug. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...Cast: Agnes Kittelsen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Maibritt Saerens, Joachim Rafaelsen. Kinyarwanda/Rwanda, USA (Director and screenwriter: Alrick Brown) — Based on..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Devil Came on Horseback

Retired Marine Capt. Brian Steidle tells the real, unedited story of Darfur in this documentary examining the powerlessness of one individual faced with a tragedy of inhuman degree.

"...Sundberg. Even the Bush administration acknowledges that there is genocide in Sudan. Almost half a million people are dead,..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Beyond the Gates

With infinite grace but no real suspense, Beyond the Gates bears dramatic witness to the Rwandan ethnic genocide of the last decade.

"...account of the slaughter of some 2,500 members of Rwanda's ethnic Tutsi minority who sought refuge from their machete-wielding..."

June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Getting Physical

Anna Deavere Smith returns to Austin to investigate the resilience of the human body

"...and even does unbelievable things. I also went to Rwanda this summer to talk to people 10 years after..."

May 12, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Shorts 2005

A rare opportunity to see what's considered the best in the field of short docs; plus all four nominees have a socio-political bent.

"...more successful is the gently feminist “God Sleeps in Rwanda" (D: Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman), which presents a..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Paul Rusesabagina: Human Rights in Action

Real-life hero of 'Hotel Rwanda' is honored for saving lives

"...As manager of the Mille Collines hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, during the genocide that occurred during the spring of..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

TCRP Honors Rwandan Hero

Subject of 'Hotel Rwanda' comes to Texas

"...known. Rusesabagina, whose real life heroism during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda was depicted in the film Hotel Rwanda,..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha - A Damned Clever Comparison (Though Totally Inaccurate)

"...this paper to the UN, which is odd. Bosnia, Rwanda, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad. All virtually ignored by the..."

Aug. 9, 2005 Postmarks

The Memories of the Long-Distance Runner

After surviving a holocaust, Gilbert Tuhabonye runs through life to tell his tale

"...I remained curious. When the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide arrived, there was lots of press coverage, and..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Burundi: History and Tragedy

An African nation's brutal past ... and present

"...countries in Africa. Bordered by Tanzania on the south, Rwanda on the north, and the Democratic Republic of Congo..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Adopting a Survivor's Tale

Stephen Mills' journey into the Holocaust leads a community toward tolerance

"...And now some of them are exploring books on genocide and different social justice issues. As artists, it's been..."

April 1, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hotel Rwanda

Don Cheadle, in the finest performance of his career, headlines this true-life story about the "Oskar Schindler of Kigali, Rwanda" during the massacres of 1994.

"...Seymour. One of the most amazing things about Hotel Rwanda, a film with no shortage of revelations, is that..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Audience Participation

COHI's Sera Bonds on how your watching movies at the Alamo can empower women in conflict areas

"...massacres as the war in the Balkans and the Rwandan genocide in 1994, what responsibility does the audience have..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Feature by Samantha Paxton

The Top 10 Censored Stories of 2000

The news stories that didn't make the mainstream press in 2000

"...the head honcho at Westinghouse.6. Our Role in the Genocide in Rwanda Awards to: David Corn, AlterNet.org; Ellen Ray,..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Karynn M. Fish

Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?

An Anti-abortion Exhibit Produces Protests and a Free Speech Controversy at UT

"...illustrated proposition that legal abortion is a form of genocide. Predictably, sizable groups of students and faculty protested, and..."

March 23, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Pagan Babies: a Novel

"...This time out he takes us to Rwanda, where the horrible civil war between the Hutu and..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Books Review by Mike Shea