# Keepers of Memory

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'''''Keepers of Memory''''' is a 2004 documentary film directed by Rwandan filmmaker [Eric Kabera](/source/Eric_Kabera). It documents the eyewitness accounts and traumatic aftermath of the 1994 [Rwandan genocide](/source/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](/source/The_New_Times_(Rwanda)) |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](/source/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](/source/Jewish_Filmfestival_Zagreb) in [Zagreb](/source/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](/source/Fribourg_International_Film_Festival) in [Fribourg](/source/Fribourg), Switzerland.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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Category:2004 documentary films
Category:Documentary films about the Rwandan genocide

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