This is a powerful film about the Rwandan Genocide, although curiously set around the experiences of two white people: a priest, Father Christopher (played by John Hurt), and a school teacher, Joe Connor (played by Hugh Dancy). For all its faults (like Hotel Rwanda it is a fictionalized account "based on real events and filmed in the locations depicted") it strongly brings to bear the main threads of the genocide – how could the UN and the West let it happen, how could a nation be split so easily, and why was there no intervention by Africa or the rest of the world? Find out more about Shooting Dogs in this review.

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