Netflix 'Black Earth Rising': The true story behind the Rwandan genocide in BBC's storming series

The genocide saw almost half of the country's population die within a span of just three months, leaving only destruction and death in its wake
UPDATED JAN 15, 2019

After capturing the horrifying face of the Rwanda genocide in films like 'Hotel Rwanda' (2004), 'Kinyarwanda' (2010), 'Grey Matter' (2011), and coming up with insights into the mass murder in several books like 'The Girl Who Smiled Beads' and 'The Bone Woman', BBC Two is now telling the story of the genocide's aftermath. Starring Michaela Coel as Kate Ashby and John Goodman as Michael Ennis, 'Black Earth Rising' will follow survivor Kate, who was rescued from the genocide as a child and is now seeking an escape from the tragic shadows of her past as she resides in the UK. 

The Rwanda genocide does not hold its place in history only for the mass slaughter that encountered the loss of almost 800,000 Rwandans but also the limited time within which the genocide was carried out.

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