Blood-colored Rwanda (Arte): the terrifying true story behind the John Goodman series

Blood-colored Rwanda (Arte): the terrifying true story behind the John Goodman series

Tonight, Arte paints Rwanda, the color of blood, a new series that explores the repercussions of the 1994 genocide.

A young British lawyer, who survived the Rwandan genocide, is led to investigate a former Tutsi soldier whom he had previously thought without charge.

Between 7 April and 17 July 1994, within a hundred days, more than 800,000 Rwandans (mainly Tutsis but also moderate Hutus) were massacred by Hutu militias. A holocaust perpetrated by British screenwriter Hugo Blick (who is also the creator of the mini-series). Honorable WomanIt gained attention thanks to international justice (published on Canal+ in 2015). While researching, he realized with amazement that there were Tutsi soldiers among the defendants who were fighting to put an end to the massacres. She then imagined this series in eight episodes with English titles. Black Earth Rising.

The story centers on Kate Ashby, a young Rwandan Tutsi survivor who survived the Holocaust as a child and was adopted by an international lawyer. Played by Michaela Coel (she got a lot of attention on the show. Chewing gum And i can destroy you) Kate refuses to admit that her stepmother, played by Harriet Walter, can sue a former Tutsi soldier. The notable John Goodman helps comfort this fiction by recruiting another lawyer, Kate’s employer. Imagined as a mini-series, Rwanda, the color of blood There was no sequel but it is imposing from the first scene!

Blood color Rwanda on Thursday, May 4th at 20:55 at Arte

FREDERICK RAPILLY

Source: Programme Television

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