Professor Pruitt Attends UN Premiere of Rwanda War Crimes Documentary

Professor Lisa R. Pruitt traveled to New York City to attend the October 19 United Nations red carpet premiere of The Uncondemned, a documentary that recounts the 1997 trial of Jean-Paul Akayesu, a Rwandan mayor who was convicted of nine counts of genocide and crimes against humanity.

Pruitt appears in the film.  As a PhD student and gender consultant to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1996, she compiled a report on mass sexual violence during the Rwandan genocide that ultimately became the "smoking gun" in the successful prosecution of Akayesu.

Following the United Nations event, the film will have its theatrical release on October 21 at the Landmark Sunshine In Soho, New York, which will be attended by some of the Rwandan rape survivors who testified against Akayesu. The film will have subsequent showings in Santa Monica (October 28, at the Leammie Royal) and other markets.

Lisa R. Pruitt, Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor at UC Davis School of Law, is a scholar whose recent work explores the legal relevance of rural spatiality, including how it inflects dimensions of gender, race, and ethnicity.  Pruitt's work also considers rural-urban difference in transnational and international contexts.