{{Infobox film | name= Keepers of Memory | image= | alt= | caption= | director=Eric Kabera | producer= | writer= | screenplay = | story= | starring = | music= | cinematography = | editing = | studio = | distributor = | released= {{Film date|2004}} | runtime= | country= Rwanda | language= | budget = | gross = }} {{italic title}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} '''''Keepers of Memory''''' is a 2004 documentary film directed by Rwandan filmmaker Eric Kabera. It documents the eyewitness accounts and traumatic aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
== Synopsis == In the documentary, features accounts of victims and perpetrators of the genocide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eric Kabera (Kwetu Film Institute) : Changing the Story |url=https://changingthestory.leeds.ac.uk/profiles/cesar-kwetu/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=changingthestory.leeds.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Keepers Of Memory (2004) Movie Review from Eye for Film |url=https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/keepers-of-memory-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=www.eyeforfilm.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-09 |title=Celebrity watch: Eric Kabera |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/99252 |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=The New Times |language=en}}</ref> ==Production== The title refers to the people who take care of Rwanda's sacred burial sites, which keep the memory of the genocide alive for future generations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Screening of Keepers of Memory with Director Eric Kabera |url=https://sfi.usc.edu/events/screening-keepers-memory-director-eric-kabera |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=USC Shoah Foundation |language=en}}</ref>
== Release and later screenings== ''Keepers of Memory'' was screened at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Keepers of Memory |url=https://mubi.com/films/keepers-of-memory |language=en |access-date=2022-07-27}}</ref>
It was shown at the 5th Jewish Filmfestival Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia, in 2011,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keepers of Memory |url=https://jewishfilmfestivals.org/films/2004/keepers-memory/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Jewish Film Festivals |language=en-US}}</ref> and at the 2020 Fribourg International Film Festival in Fribourg, Switzerland.<ref name=":0" />
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Rwanda-film-stub}} Category:2004 documentary films Category:Documentary films about the Rwandan genocide