RWANDA RISING is a documentary financed wholly by the Andrew Young Foundation and Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., and representing the first in a series entitled ANDREW YOUNG'S AFRICA. On February 8th, 2007, RWANDA RISING, which tells the remarkable and inspiring story of Rwanda's reconciliation and the healing of its people following one of the worst genocides in history, and the simultaneous renaissance of its leadership, its democracy, its system of government, its commitment to free enterprise, and its 8% annual economic growth, premiered to a standing room only audience of dignitaries and stars as it was selected to open the 15th Annual Pan African Film and Arts Festival at the Director's Guild in Hollywood, California.

The film recounts how, in just 100 days, nearly a million people were killed by neighbors who somehow became strangers - otherwise decent people who well over a decade later, still can't believe they could be part of such a thing. The genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994 defies imagination, but "how?" and "why?" are questions without answers; questions of the past. A far greater mystery is unfolding in the here and now. Because somehow, the people of Rwanda have learned to forgive the unforgivable. By all appearances, not only are they coexisting, but actually living and working together to rebuild their country as a model of economic prosperity for the rest of Africa. This is the story of RWANDA RISING.

RWANDA RISING is produced by Andrew Young, directed by Emmy Award winning director CB Hackworth, and features Rwandan President Paul Kagame, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Quincy Jones, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, John Hope Bryant along with voiceovers from Forest Whitaker, Danny Glover, Cicely Tyson, Jasmine Guy, LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett, Jr., Phylicia Rashad amongst others.

RWANDA RISING is available to the public with a $25 donation, which can be made here

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