Tula Toli: Testimonies of a Massacre

I was at the Myanmar/Bangladesh border in early September 2017 when I shot much of this film. This is the first documentary to discuss crucial evidence of pre-planning of the massacre in Tula Toli on the part of the Myanmar government.

It was screened at the Frontline Club on 25th October. BBC World Service Newshour interviewed me about the pre-planning. On 12th November, CNN made a TV package which was the main news for a part of the day. In 2018, the film premiered at the Sheffield Docs film festival. The film was also screened at Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs in January 2018. Since then, it has been featured at numerous festivals and aired on various TV channels.

Review by Justin Rowlat
"Testimonies of a massacre: Tula Toli” is one of the most remarkable films you are likely to see this year. Shafiur Rahman’s film contains scenes of jaw-dropping horror... He has produced what is, without question, the most vivid record of the appalling horrors perpetrated against the Rohingya people by the Myanmar government. His work proves that one determined documentary maker working alone can best the mightiest broadcasters in the world."

Justin Rowlatt, then BBC South Asia Correspondent.

Review by Professor Penny Green
"This extraordinary film enters the wretched heart of Myanmar's genocidal aftermath... revealed in the devastating consequences of Myanmar's final assault on the Rohingya village of Tula Toli - as villagers flee the most devastating massacre of the genocide....revealed through the intimate testimony of Rohingya victims."

Penny Green, Professor of Law and Globalisation, Director of the State Crime Initiative, Queen Mary University of London

Future screenings and other information about the film will appear at its dedicated site here: http://www.tulatoli.com