News
21 December
Massacre at Murambi is one of sixty-seven short films selected from over 2000 submissions for screening at Slamdance 2008 in Park City, Utah. Variety, in announcing the slate of short film selections, mentions only two shorts by name--one is Massacre at Murambi.
Massacre at Murambi wins…
-Best in the Fest Award and the Best Documentary Award at Portland’s 10 or Less Film Fest, October 20.
-Best Documentary Short Award at the New England Film and Video Festival, October 8.
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2007 | 5 min., color
Synopsis:
During the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, a newly built secondary school on a hill named Murambi was the site of one of the world's most horrifying mass murders. This film informs us about the events that took place at Murambi and explores the link between Rwanda and Darfur, Sudan.
For more information, view the Massacre at Murambi films page.
05 December
Living with Slim receives third prize at the African World Documentary Film Festival, held in St. Louis, MO and Lagos, Nigeria.
Living with Slim in use by international organizations
Living with Slim is now used by organizations all over the world in their battle to combat the AIDS pandemic. Here's an updated list of organizations that use Slim in their work:
Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative
American Foundation for Children with AIDS
Children's Investment Fund Foundation London
Catholic Relief Services
Physicians for Human Rights
Project Hope
The CORE Group
World Vision
Keep a Child Alive
Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Sahara Africa
Institute for Health Care Improvement
Ugandan Ministry of Health
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston
Population Services International
Plan USA
Health Research Institute
Oxford University Global Health Group
UNICEF Poland
Global Alliance to Immunize against AIDS
Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Bishop Masereka Christian Foundation
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
Baylor Medical School
Columbia University
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
UNC - Chapel Hill
University of Manitoba School of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh Medical School
Boston University - Krasker Library
University of Washington
Wheaton College
Winthrop University
Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
For more information about Living with Slim, including how you can get a copy, click here.
Massacre at Murambi, 2007