The 600: The Soldiers’ Story
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2019
United States / Rwanda
115 mins
English, Kinyarwanda
NYC Premiere
Documentary Film Competition
Richard Hall, Laurent Basset | |
Annette Uwizeye | |
Implied Violence; Discussion or Depiction of Rape |
The dramatic and little known story of a group of opposition soldiers trapped behind enemy lines at the outset of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994. Eyewitness accounts of their counterattack against a much larger force, and the daring rescues they made of civilians while under fire.

About the Director
Richard Hall is an Emmy Award winning Television Producer based in Los Angeles with over 25 years of broadcast producing experience. Hall has produced hundreds of hours of programs for networks like VH1, MTV, TLC, Discovery Channel and Nat Geo Wild. Hall won a National Emmy for “The Amazing Race”, and his documentary “Death of A Shaman” won the Oakland Film Festival Documentary Award in 2006. Hall has also won Emmy awards in the San Francisco and Los Angeles TV markets as an Executive Producer.
Reviews
“The 600: The Soldiers’ Story” Documentary gets it right with the accurate, gripping portrayal of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide – Jerry del Priore, Winter Film Awards
WFA PREVIEWs: The 600 – Winter Film Awards
The 600: Tales of Rwandan soldiers – Jefferson Rumanyika, The East African
The 600: A review of The Soldiers’ Story – Prof Aimable Twagilimana, The New Times