Film Ghosts of Rwanda

Respond with a 1-2 page response drawing on your reading, the film and your experience.
OPTION A: View the documentary film Ghosts of Rwanda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJAuyIRfYIM as well as the info at the links below to respond to the questions.
Evaluating the effectiveness of GACACA or criminal tribunals in Rwanda after the genocide. Write a one page response evaluating the effectiveness of this process.
Gacaca Background: The gacaca courts in Rwanda deal with those who participated in the genocide but were not leaders.
For a brief introduction to the role and scope of gacaca, go to:
FRONTLINE/WORLD Fellows. Rwanda – After the Genocide.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/rwanda1103/context.html#gacaca
For a specific example of how a gacaca works, read through the brief descriptions of the main participants in one gacaca trial:
The killer: Pacifique Mukeshimana
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/rwanda1103/portrait-1.html
The victim: Domina Nyirandayambaje
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/rwanda1103/portrait-2.html
The court monitor: Aloys Habimana
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/rwanda1103/portrait-3.html

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