Today marks the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the Rwandan genocide.
About a decade later, we began to see a number of dramatic films that depicted that atrocity and its aftermath from a variety of angles. Some told the story from the perspective of the Rwandans themselves, while others focused on the various European and North American figures — journalists, priests, and soliders — who saw it happen.
I reviewed four of these films — and interviewed the producer of one of them — for BC Christian News and Christianity Today between 2004 and 2009. So to mark the anniversary, I have re-posted those articles here at the blog.
First, I reviewed Hotel Rwanda in 2004 for BC Christian News.
Then, I wrote a short review of Shooting Dogs for BC Christian News when it was released in Canada in 2006. I wrote a longer review of the film for Christianity Today when it was released in the United States — under a new title, Beyond the Gates — in 2007. I also interviewed producer David Belton at that time.
I reviewed the adaptation of Gen. Romeo Dallaire’s memoir Shake Hands with the Devil for BC Christian News in 2007.
And finally, I noted the arrival of Lee Isaac Chung’s Munyurangabo in a news item for Christianity Today when the film premiered at Cannes in 2007, and I wrote a short review of it for BC Christian News when it finally came to Vancouver in 2009.
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