TV5 Monde feature on the film 'The Dictator Hunter"TV5 Monde feature on the film "The Dictator Hunter," by Dutch director Klaartje Quirijns, which explores the efforts of Reed Brody of Human Rights Watch to bring former president Hissène Habré of Chad to trial for killing thousands of his own countrymen in the 1980s. In "The Dictator Hunter," Quirijns follows Brody's quest, in concert with Souleymane Guengueng, a Chadian refugee now exiled in New York, to change the system in which dictators can literally get away with mass murder. In 2006, the government of Senegal -- where Habré has lived in exile since being overthrown -- agreed to an African Union request to put Habré on trial. The film, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film, was produced by Pieter van Huystee Film in the Netherlands. "Wonderfully suspenseful... The camera loves Reed Brody, a frumpy, eloquent, razor-sharp American human rights lawyer" - The Toronto Globe and Mail "The movie places politics in the service of a unstoppably determined humanity." - The Toronto Star - « Brody se fait le porte-parole des victimes tchadiennes -- opposants torturés, veuves de militants assassinés. Son travail finit par payer : l'ancien dictateur, accusé de 40 000 assassinats, sera jugé au Sénégal. Ce résultat est d'autant pus symbolique que les poursuites émanent de victimes, et non d'un tribunal international, contrairement au cas du Darfour. » - le Monde More information on "The Dictator Hunter" can be found at: www.thedictatorhunter.com For more information on the Hissène Habré case, please visit: http://www.hrw.org/french/themes/habre.htm (Français) http://hrw.org/justice/habre/ (English) code pour embarquer la vidéo : >>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/NcsR4wEDhd8 <<< |