Instead the company announced it would use excerpts from the film, "Stolen Honor: Wounds that Never Heal," as part of an hourlong news program examining how this and other politically charged documentaries seek to influence voters and how the news media reported on their content.
On Wednesday angry MPs approved a resolution calling on the government to charge the documentary-makers with genocide denial and revoke the BBC's licence to broadcast in the country.
On Wednesday Rwandan MPs approved a resolution calling on the government to charge the documentary-makers with genocide denial and revoke the BBC's licence to broadcast in the country.
On Wednesday, Rwandan MPs approved a resolution calling on the government to ban the BBC and to charge the documentary-makers with genocide denial, which is a crime in the country.
The Basque Ball, an emotionally-charged documentary by the acclaimed director Julio Medem, which urges the authorities in Madrid to reopen talks with Basque extremists, was cheered at the San Sebastian film festival after convulsing Spain in an ugly debate over whether it should be outlawed.
Mr. Ibrahim, a professor at the American University in Cairo and head of an Egyptian think tank, said he was charged with preparing a documentary about elections that harms Egypt's image and receiving foreign funds without government permission.
The History Channel, an entertainment outlet with a serious name to live up to, has finally agreed to reconsider its "documentary" charging that Lyndon Johnson conspired to have President John Kennedy assassinated.
A parliamentary resolution in October said the programme's producer and presenter, as well as those interviewed for the documentary, should be charged with genocide denial - a punishable crime in Rwanda.
When I tell people that I am in charge of documentary films at the Guardian, it can cause some confusion: it is normally only broadcasters who have documentary departments.
Sheila Nevins, the HBO executive in charge of documentary programs, showed the film to Mr. Hewitt earlier, hoping "60 Minutes" would report on it and mention that the film would be on Cinemax.
