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In 1994, the small African country of Rwanda was awash in blood. Extremists in the majority Hutu-controlled government organized a systematic genocide of Rwanda's minority Tutsi population. In just 100 days, more than 800,000 were killed. The atrocity was halted a decade ago, but for Rwandans the ordeal does not yet have an ending. Today, the physical scars sustained by survivors are fading, but emotional scars remain. "Rwanda: Do Scars Ever Fade?" explores the country's turbulent pre-genocide history, the horrifying 1994 slaughter and the difficult ten-year, post-genocide period during which the current government has embarked upon an ambitious effort aimed at reconciliation. The program grapples with a perplexing question: How does a country haunted by the scourge of its past recover?

The Rwanda genocide and U.S. inaction under the Clinton administration is very important for us all to learn just how easy it is for normal people to be turned into monsters while 'civilized' governments ignore the atrocities. "Rwanda: Do Scars Ever Fade? describes the occurrence and history of the conflict, focusing on the often not discussed topic of how it is possible for people to move on with their lives.