'' The Uncondemned '' is a 2015 documentary film produced by Film at Eleven Media . Co-directed by Michele Mitchell and Nick Louvel , the film examines the first trial that prosecuted rape as a war crime and an act of genocide . Rape was declared a war crime in 1919 but was not tried in court until 1997 during the trial of Jean-Paul Akayesu as a part of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ( ICTR ) . Shot in Rwanda , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Netherlands and the United States , '' The Uncondemned '' premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival on October 9 , 2015
Hamptons International Film Festival
Hamptons International Film Festival
The Uncondemned