Ban This Series: Hissein Habre, A Chadian Tragedy

A country's people who have endured traumatic oppression seek to heal their society and themselves in this insightful and intimate documentary. In 2013, former Chadian dictator Hissein Habre's arrest in Senegal marked the end of a long era of combat for the survivors of his regime. Accompanied by the Chairman of the Association of the Victims of the Hissein Habre Regime, filmmaker Mahamat Saleh Haroun goes to meet those who survived this tragedy and who still bear the scars of the horror in their flesh and in their souls. Through courage and determination, they accomplish an unprecedented feat in the history of Africa: that of bringing a head of state to trial.