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In April, 1994, the airplane of the Hutu President of Rwanda crashes and the Hutu militias slaughter the Tutsi population. In the Ecole Technique Officielle, the Catholic priest Christopher and the idealistic English teacher Joe Connor lodge two thousand and five hundred Rwandans survivors in the school under the protection of the UN Belgian force and under siege of the Hutu militia.
Andy Jacobs - BBC
John Hurts character is the heart and soul of an unusually thoughtful film.
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57 of 60 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Hotel Rwanda is the Hollywood attempt at the account of the genocide in which 800,000 Rwandans were killed in less than 3 months. In comparison, Shooting Dogs is a more comprehensive and emotionally involving account of the tradegy.
John Hurt is superb in his role as the Priest and headteacher of a school that hides Tutsis from Hutu extremists. The constraint of the UN peacekeepers in their role at the school and the response by the international is also played out accurately.
The most touching aspect of the film perhaps is the role of the survivors in making the film and the credits inform of the loses they suffered.
Rwanda, like East Timor and Cambodia has failed to get the public attention that the Holocaust has received and films like Shooting Dogs are deserved attempts to bring the tradegy home.
The film has not failed to reduce friends and family to tears, one of the most powerful films released in recent times albeit to low publicity.
To get a deeper understanding about the genocide I recommend Shake Hands With The Devil.
John Hurt is superb in his role as the Priest and headteacher of a school that hides Tutsis from Hutu extremists. The constraint of the UN peacekeepers in their role at the school and the response by the international is also played out accurately.
The most touching aspect of the film perhaps is the role of the survivors in making the film and the credits inform of the loses they suffered.
Rwanda, like East Timor and Cambodia has failed to get the public attention that the Holocaust has received and films like Shooting Dogs are deserved attempts to bring the tradegy home.
The film has not failed to reduce friends and family to tears, one of the most powerful films released in recent times albeit to low publicity.
To get a deeper understanding about the genocide I recommend Shake Hands With The Devil.
54 of 57 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I highly recommend this film which is probably less well known than 'Hotel Rwanda', but which is no less powerful. From the moment the film started I was involved in the film. Hugh Dancy is brilliant as a idealistic young teacher and John Hurt turns in a elegant and understated performance as a catholic priest. Towards the end he utters one of the most powerful and moving lines of the film when faced with one of the Hutu killers. This is a very emotional film and be prepared to be in tears by the end of the movie. It highlights the important role, or lack of, of the UN and Western powers in preventing the genocide in Rwanda. It is hard to believe that it was only 12 years ago.
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Having spent time out in Rwanda in 2004, the recent films about the genocide (Hotel Rwanda and Shooting Dogs) have been a must watch for me, and they haven't disappointed. Shooting dogs is a graphic and emotional account of the genocide that is made all the more real by being filmed in Rwanda - filmed in actual places some of the atrocities happened. It is just a must watch, and although there have been controversies about the filming of the movie on location in Rwanda (ie Rwandans reliving the horrors of the genocide - hearing gunshots whilst filming, stirring up the divide between Tutsi and Hutu), it adds an extra something that Hotel Rwanda just doesn't have.
This is an excellent film that should be seen by all. We need to learn from our mistakes, and the UN should consider buying a copy of this for all their members!
This is an excellent film that should be seen by all. We need to learn from our mistakes, and the UN should consider buying a copy of this for all their members!
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Published 24 days ago by Romano Pfefferkorn
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Films about matters like the Rwandan genocide always risk going all Sixth Form Debating Society on us, lots of moral indignation at the West and what could have been done. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Charles Vasey
This film will shake you, move you, startle you
This film is about the Rwanda genocide in 1994. Specifically it is about deep-seated fear turned into murderous hatred, and about the failings of UN peace monitoring forces. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Profr R. Cohenalmagor
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Difficult subject and good for being shot in the actual locations with some of the real people. I did not like the story line that much and would have preferred it to be about real... Read more
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Published 5 months ago by Mrs. L. Jenkins
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Published 6 months ago by Jill
Inspirational, tragic, powerful, brilliant
If you like horror this is the film you want, if you like love this is the film you want, if you like true stories this is the film you want. Read more
Published 13 months ago by E. K. Gonzalez
An excellent film
This truly is one of the best movies I have ever seen. I won't go into the narrative in detail, but briefly it tells the story of a priest and idealistic young teacher who seek to... Read more
Published 13 months ago by discipleofhanuman
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Published 16 months ago by Tommy D
very shocking, powerful, bold and brilliant
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