Flower in the Gun Barrel is a 2008 documentary film focusing on the process of reconciliation and forgiveness in post-genocide Rwanda.
It is unique in that it illustrates the complex challenges of average citizens attempting to forgive the neighbors who slaughtered their families.
In these interviews, the survivors discuss what it means to be a Rwandan and to live next door to people who killed their families.
Perpetrators' views illuminate the madness that seized the culture in 1994; exploring the experience of apologizing to victims, and examining what it is like to be looked at as a murderer in Rwandan society.
Knowing this, the Hutu government in 1994 forged partnerships with several Catholic priests, prefects, and nuns, such that this time no Tutsi could be saved.
The new Rwandan government, led by both Tutsis and Hutus, responded by creating the Gacaca (translated as participative justice) court system.
Suddenly, the courts were asked to resolve issues of genocide and murder; overwhelming tasks for untrained judges.