#22 Recommended Viewing:
The UN, National Caveats & Human Carnage in Rwanda
Movie #1: “Shake Hands with the Devil” (2007)
The challenges and obstacles faced by the UNAMIR Commander in Rwanda, Canadian Major General (MAJGEN) Roméo Dallaire, before, during and after the Rwandan genocide.
Trailer:
“As genocide rages in Rwanda, Major General Roméo Dallaire (Roy Dupuis) is assigned to lead the United Nations peacekeeping force. Fighting for his own survival as well as the millions of innocents threatened by the war, General Dallaire finds himself torn between duty and conscience in his efforts to prevent the country’s descent into hell.”
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iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/movie/shake-hands-with-the-devil/id353987751
Movie #2: “Shooting Dogs”/“Beyond the Gates” (2005)
Caveated Belgian forces and the 2,000 Tutsi refugees at the UN school compound in Kigali.
Trailer:
“In April, 1994, the airplane of the Hutu President of Rwanda crashes and the Hutu militias slaughter the Tutsi population. In the École 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.”
Movie #3: “Sometimes in April” (2005)
A personal account of the 100 days of genocidal killing in Rwanda, as recounted by survivors.
Trailer:
“In a nation decimated by ethnic rage, two brothers are divided by marriage and fate. This gripping drama based on true events focuses on the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide—when more than 800,000 people were killed in a purge by Hutu nationalists against their Tutsi countrymen. Against this terrifying backdrop is the story of two Hutu brothers—one in the military, the other a radio personality—whose relationship and private lives are forever changed by the genocide. Written and directed by Raoul Peck (HBO Films’ Lumumba), this picture is the first large-scale film about the atrocities to actually be shot in Rwanda in locations where the real-life events transpired. Idris Elba, Oris Erhuero and Academy Award(R)-nominee Debra Winger (An Officer and a Gentleman) star.”
Amazon:
iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/sometimes-in-april/id1077909867