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Shooting Dogs (2006)

Shooting Dogs (2006)

Drama History

What would you risk to make a difference?

Release Date: 2006, March 8
Directors: Michael Caton-Jones
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom
Production: CrossDay Productions, BBC Film, Egoli Tossell Film, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Invicta Capital, UK Film Council, ZDF, ARTE
Cast: David Gyasi, John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Steve Toussaint, Nicola Walker, Dominique Horwitz, Victor Power, Susan Nalwoga, Musa Kasonka Jr., Kizito Ssentamu Kayiira

Overview:

Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.

Keywords:

based on true story civil war rape school life coup d'etat catholicism vandalism united nations volunteer rwandan genocide aggression tutsi destruction of a civilization inhumanity hutu kigali professional school