Film: When women inspire warlords to end conflicts

This month is special for the movie lovers. Documentaries about real life inspirational stories are being screened at the Goethe-institute, Kiyovu. The Rwanda Association of University Women with support from the International Association for University Women, are behind the screening of the films based on real life stories of women who made a difference in their war-ravaged countries, and how they managed to restore sanity in their societies. The film screening is part of a global campaign on women and peace building. Goethe-institute screens movies every week. Some of the documentaries have already been screened, while others are yet to be showed. The award-winning documentary Play the Devil Back to Hell, about a group of brave and visionary women who confronted Liberia’s warlord Charles Taylor and stopped the civil war, was showed on October 7. The War We Are Living will be screened on October 21, Colloquium: ‘The Art of Reconciliation: Audiovisual Archives, Education on October 22, Peace Unveiled on October 28 and Brainstorm on October 29. Many people turned up for “Play the Devil Back to Hell” documentary. Gertrude Fester, a member of the Rwanda University Women Association, told The New Times, that: “We are raising awareness on the role of women in resolving conflict in areas which are facing wars and these films are being screened all over the world.” Fester was among the women who fought against apartheid in South Africa and she spent time in solitary confinement.

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Film: When women inspire warlords to end conflicts