
Led by a 31-year-old former deputy district attorney from the hardcore gang unit in Los Angeles and a 27-year-old recent graduate of Columbia Law School, the prosecution of the first genocide case in history got underway at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1997. With few supplies and ever fewer guidelines, the first international criminal trial since Nuremberg was dogged by young international activists who were pushing for first-ever charges of rape as war c... (Full plot summary below)
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Led by a 31-year-old former deputy district attorney from the hardcore gang unit in Los Angeles and a 27-year-old recent graduate of Columbia Law School, the prosecution of the first genocide case in history got underway at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1997. With few supplies and ever fewer guidelines, the first international criminal trial since Nuremberg was dogged by young international activists who were pushing for first-ever charges of rape as war crime. False starts, setbacks, buried secret memos led to the third-to-last witness. And the night before she testified, the break they needed happened. But what was happening, meanwhile, with four courageous women in rural Rwanda is what would make history.
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| The PlaylistOktay Ege KozakAn exceptionally well-executed and emotionally heart wrenching documentary. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranIts conclusion, and its well-earned message, are more positive and hopeful than even its participants likely ever imagined they would be. |
| Village VoiceDaphne HowlandThe film is a riveting feat of editing considering the material, the legalistic conundrums, and the profusion of detail. |
| The New York TimesKen JaworowskiMost extraordinary are interviews with the women who came forward to provide evidence in court. Their integrity and tenacity, and their loyalty to one another, is enough to bring you to tears. |
| New York Daily NewsAriel ScottiThe film will stay with its audience long after the closing credits — and inspire a deep hope that a film of its kind never has to be made again. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohThough it is, indeed, at times hard to take, it should be seen by everyone. |
| Washington PostStephanie MerryThe victims are impossibly brave as they sit for interviews, revisiting the worst moments of their lives. Their stories are the strongest part of the documentary, making up for uneven pacing and some otherwise strange editing choices. |
| Paste MagazineAnthony SalveggiSome 22 years after the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, The Uncondemned mixes firsthand accounts and courtroom footage to revisit a historical moment that would set a precedent in international law. |
| Film InquiryEmily SteeleThe brave women and the inspiring conclusion of The Uncondemned that makes it a heartbreaking, human, and empowering watch. |
| FanboyNation.comSean MulvihillThe Uncondemned illustrates the difficulty that exists in trying to bring justice to sexual criminals at all, let alone in a crimes against humanity trial. |