In 1994, decades of politically motivated ethnic scapegoating by Rwanda's Hutu-led government culminated in a wholesale slaughter of the country's Tutsi minority, along with many Hutu moderates. Gacaca (Ga-CHA-cha) ventures into the rural heart of the African nation. The film follows the first steps in one of the world's boldest experiments in reconciliation: the Gacaca Tribunals, a new form of citizen-based justice, aimed at unifying this scarred nation. This horrific genocide turned vast numbers of ordinary citizens - some willingly and some by force - into killers. More than 800,000 lives were taken, and the country was left in a state of devastation. Today, under a new government, Rwanda is rebuilding its physical and administrative infrastructure, but its most difficult task is to deal with the emotional trauma, and to foster reconciliation between the Hutu and Tutsi. Bringing killers to justice and airing the truth about what took place during the genocide are essential to this effort.

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