Ingando

Abstract

How can one prepare and carry out a personal and informative documentary about the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda?

In order to answer the above I will focus on following key-questions

- Which theoretical and practical considerations should be included when organizing a personal and informative documentary?

- Which anthropologic and journalistic considerations should the film maker include, when he seeks to portray the ‘good’ and ‘personal’ story without violating or disturbing the private sphere and integrity of the people he aims to portray?

- How can the film maker represent and portray ’the other’, when he himself obviously is embedded in a completely different culture and reality, than the one he seeks to portray and communicate in his film?