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This video is a short trailer for a 35 minutute documentary entitled "Buying Time for Peace." It is a documentary following the paths of many conflicts in the Great Lakes region of southern Africa, which includes the Hutu-Tutsi conflicts in Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda (1).

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The following video is a clip of a performance by drummers from Burundi in 2006. It is a good example of the culture of Burundi, as drumming and music are a large part of Burundian tradition (2).

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This next video is a clip from a lecture by Dr. Elavie Ndura of Burundil. She is a Hutu widow calling for cultural understanding and unity (3).

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This link will bring you to an MP3 recording of a woman interviewing Burundians about their stories of the country (4). [|INTERVIEW] This link will bring you to a slideshow of patients who were detained in a hospital because they could not pay their medical bills (5). [|SLIDESHOW]

The following video, entitled //One Family//, is the story of twelves refugee youths from Burundi, Sierra Leone, Bosnia, and Serbia who have been granted asylum in the United States. All 12 are now together, living and working in New York City. The video includes interviews with each individual, where they share their views on their journeys, their respective countries, and on their former lives (6).

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Sources: (1) __Buying Time for Peace__. Dir. Phillip Carr. 2006. __Cloudburst Media__. 17 Apr. 2007 <[|http://www.youtube.com>.] (2) __Drummers of Burundi__. Dir. User, VictorWhiskey. 2006. __YouTube__. 24 Apr. 2007 <[|http://www.youtube.com>.>] (3) __A Non-Violent Response to Genocide__. Dir. User, FlyingFocus. Perf. Dr. Elavie Ndura. 2007. __YouTube__. 24 Apr. 2007 <[|http://www.youtube.com>.] (4) "Heroes Summit." __Search for Common Ground__. 25 Apr. 2007 [|]. (5) Nga, Jehad. "Burundi:A High Price to Pay." __Human Rights Watch__. 25 Apr. 2007. [|..] (6) __One Family__. Dir. The Documentary Project for Refugee Youth. 2007. __Global Action Project, Inc.__. 2 May 2007. <[|http://www.youtube.com>.]