Best Genocide
Joshua Oppenheimer’s *The Look of Silence* is a powerful 2014 documentary exploring the aftermath of Indonesia’s 1965 genocide. The film follows an optometrist seeking to expose the complicity of individuals who participated in his brother's murder decades earlier. Through unsettling close-ups and p...
The Kigali Genocide Memorial stands as a crucial site honoring the victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Located in Kigali, it houses exhibits detailing the events leading to and including the massacre, with over 250,000 remains recovered from mass graves on-site. It serves as an educational resourc...
The Missing Picture chronicles the Khmer Rouge regime and its devastating impact through a combination of archival news footage and stop-motion animation utilizing clay figures. The film presents accounts of the genocide’s effects on Cambodian individuals and communities, employing both documentary...
"Left to Tell" is a 2006 biographical memoir by Immaculée Ilibagiza that recounts her harrowing survival during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. As a young Tutsi woman, Ilibagiza spent 91 days hiding in a cramped bathroom with seven other women to avoid being killed by Hutu militias. The book details the...
The Promise, released in 2016, depicts events surrounding the final years of the Ottoman Empire. The film centers on a complex relationship between an Armenian medical student, an American journalist, and a French-raised Armenian woman. It explores these connections within the context of the impendi...
The Tsitsernakaberd Memorial is a monument in Yerevan, Armenia, dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Completed in 1967, it features a 44-meter stele and an eternal flame.
2006 browser-based activist game commissioned by mtvU simulating life as a Darfuri refugee to raise public awareness about the ongoing genocide in Sudan.
