Jurisdiction in Africa

Rwanda, the Hills Speak

Bernard Bellefroid
Belgium 2005 | 50 Min. | BetaSP, OmeU
Rwanda, eleven years after the Tutsi geno­cide – The pro­vi­sion­al gov­ern­ment has imple­ment­ed an extra­or­di­nary law enforce­ment pro­ce­dure, the Gacaca-courts, in order to bring per­sons accused of crimes against human­i­ty … read more

SISTERS IN LAW

Kim Longinotto
Cameroon, Great Britain 2005 | 106 Min. | 35 mm, OmeU
Set in Kumba Town, Cameroon, SISTERS IN LAW is a pow­er­ful case study of a soci­ety in tran­si­tion. The film cap­tures the legal pro­ceed­ings and court­room drama sur­round­ing sev­er­al heart-felt … read more