Shooting Dogs

This programme contains strong language

CHEERING

Marie Mutagoma speeds away on this inaugural ETO two-lap time trial and the crowd is going wild here.

The crowd, the crowd is going wild!

Thank you. Even the Belgians can't stay away. There's Captain Delon,

soldier and part time pastry chef. Wave to Captain Delon

Hello, captain. Practically hysterical with excitement, the Belgian there.

Who said the UN weren't athletics fans?

It certainly wasn't me. Here comes Marie.

She's coming back round and looking very good. Her time is fantastic.

I think we may have a new world record.

We're going live now to Francois, our man on the ground for his analysis.

Francois.

-I hate you.

-OK, great analysis there from our school groundsman, as ever.

Thanks for that. Here we are back now with Joe Connor, in the commentary position once again.

She's in the home straight and she's looking very good. She's looking incredibly powerful.

She's making her way.

I think she might just do it. 3, 2...

I don't believe it! It's a new world record! Here at the ETO.

We're going to celebrate in the traditional fashion.

THEY LAUGH

Tell me, Christopher. How is Joe doing these days?

Full of the joys of Africa.

Tell him we miss him.

Now, I don't want you falling in love with Joe.

SHE LAUGHS

He's only here for the year.

I'm not having you pining.

SHE LAUGHS

Most ill-befitting. SHE LAUGHS

Ah.

Chewing the wires again, ladies? THEY LAUGH

Oh. No connection, do you think?

COWS MOO

Afternoon, ladies.

ALL TALK AT ONCE

Aaargh!

What's this? It's a detour.

Detour? What is detour?

The shop's that way, mate.

Ah! But my father's house is this way.

It would be rude not to visit him.

You know, you wouldn't want to be in a hurry in this country, would you?

My father has been making banana beer.

-Whatever happens, don't let him make you try it.

-Why?

-It's disgusting.

THEY SPEAK IN THEIR NATIVE TONGUE

He says do you want a drink?

HE REPLIES IN THEIR NATIVE TONGUE

Ugh...

That is disgusting!

Did you smell that? What is that, orange blossom?

I think you're smelling the sewers, Joe.

The problem with you, Francois, is that you never stop and smell the roses.

-What roses?

-Any roses.

Tell me where the roses are and then I will smell them.

Hello. What's that?

"Francois Anikuze. 5ft 10.

"Sex - male. Ethnicity - Hutu." Appalling photographs.

HE SPEAKS IN HIS NATIVE TONGUE

Who are they?

Tutsi.

Well, well, well. I know you. you go to my school.

Sometimes.

Aaron, isn't it?

Let's see if we can make it every day next term.

Christoph.

THEY SPEAK IN HER NATIVE TONGUE

Really?

Hi, mum. It's me. Listen to this.

SHOUTING

Those are the sounds of the rush hour in Kigali.

I sent you a package last week so it probably arrive in the middle of next year.

No, no.

Sorry. Yeah, that's about it really.

No news. I hope your knee is better.

And, erm, I guess...

VAN HORN BLARES

Rachel! What's the news?

-I want the good beer, none of that local shit.

-Hi, Joe.

-Hi, Matt.

-All right, Joe.

Deux bieres, s'il vous plait.

What's the matter?

I've been up at Kuchekiro.

Covering the peace rally. Mostly Tutsis.

-All of a sudden these Hutu thugs turn up and start laying into them with machetes.

-Shit!

-Yeah.

And the police just stood there doing fuck all.

It got pretty heavy.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

This place is supposed to be a point where Hutu and Tutsi can live together in peace and harmony,

like Cabernet and merlot all blended together into one glorious Bordeaux.

-I guess Rome wasn't built in a day.

-It never will be when you've got a government that says Tutsi are scum.

So when some granny gets her face half sliced off at a peace rally it's Tutsi provocation.

Rach, where's my fucking beer!

Sorry, Joe. Rough day.

No worries, love. God bless.

SINGING

All right, come on.

Quiet please. Everybody.

Are there any more questions?

Yes, Claude.

So it was Jesus inside the bread?

Not exactly inside.

Well, then why do you eat him?

He's not a sandwich, Claude.

That's a very good question.

We don't eat him. When we eat the bread we are taking communion...

So when we are eating the bread we also eating the body of Jesus.

So he is in the bread?

Jesus is in everything, Claude.

He's in every human heart.

Everything we see and touch.

Everything we feel.

Can anyone tell me why is Easter important?

-Marie.

-Jesus died on the cross and went to heaven and his father sacrificed him for us.

And why did he die on the cross?

Because he loved us.

Excellent.

Right.

Geography, I think.

Get your books out.

No talking. OK, so if you remember last time we were looking at the map on page 15.

Councillor. And how is life in high politics?

Just in time for the country, father.

Too many challenges.

Indeed. To what do we owe the pleasure of your company today?

-I thought you could pick up the equipment you mentioned.

-Yes, of course.

Is there anything more peaceful than a technical college at Easter?

-Yes. Well, chaos resumes on Monday.

-Indeed, indeed.

And perhaps even a bit overcrowded with your guests from the United Nations.

No, no, there's plenty of room.

Well, we are certainly indebted to their presence here.

How many of them are here now?

I'm not privy to the exact numbers, I'm afraid.

But not so many that it would cause a problem.

Well, a delight to see as always, Christopher.

And thank you for the hurdles.

-God bless.

-Take care, councillor.

How was he?

Mercifully brief.

What did he want?

He was curious about your well being, Shah, as usual.

Thanks for your contribution back there in class.

I don't know what I'd have done without you.

You were digging yourself a bit of a hole.

That girl must run in her sleep.

-That girl has a crush on you, I think.

-What?

I think so.

It's probably just a phase.

D'you reckon?

BOYS SHOUT

Oi!

Go on, get lost.

Are you all right?

What is that word "nyenzi"?

It means cockroaches.

It means cockroaches?

They call all Tutsi cockroaches.

-It's stupid.

-Yeah.

CAR HORN BLARES

Isn't that your dad?

Every day I see you, Joe, you get a little bit more African.

I'm trying.

You going to watch the football tonight? It's Ivory Coast v Nigeria.

Nigeria will be wiping up the floor with them.

Fancy a small bet on that?

It wouldn't be fair to take your money, Joe. It would be too easy.

Lucky for you, I'm a good Christian.

Bye!

CHEERING

DISTANT EXPLOSION

THEY SPEAK IN FRENCH

What's going on?

Something at the airport.

HE SPEAKS IN FRENCH

What's going on?

HE SPEAKS IN FRENCH

The President's plane is down. He is dead.

-Was it shot down or did it crash?

-We don't know yet.

-Is it a coup?

Again, we don't know yet.

The school is now a weapons-secure area.

-We'll be digging in fallback positions.

-Falling back from what?

-It's just a precaution.

-It isn't good. We had a similar situation in '73.

This could well be a coup.

-Be prepared for that.

-What do you think's gonna happen?

People will come here for protection.

They'd rather be here with the UN than they would in their own home.

Francoise, what is it?

-Father, please, can I go home now, please?

-No, we need you here.

Do you want to call home?

No, thanks. I spoke to Mum last week.

I'd call her again if I were you.

HE SHOUTS IN FRENCH

-Call your mother?

-There's no international line.

Do you think we should call Sister Isabelle?

It's too late. She's been through this before. We'll call her tomorrow.

SHELL EXPLODES

Did you hear that?

That must've been a mortar or artillery or something.

Go to bed, and get some rest.

Easier said than done.

Well, try. You're going to need it.

Yeah. Good night.

Good night.

SHELLS EXPLODE

GUNFIRE

Just thought I'd call my mum.

Father Christopher, there are people at the gates.

Merde.

HE SPEAKS IN FRENCH

SHOUTING

Tell them to open the gates.

This is a military base, not a refugee camp.

Actually, it's a school.

My school.

Allez! Laissez-les entrer!

SHOUTING

Edda!

-HE TRANSLATES

-She says they heard gunshots.

They decided to go to her brother's.

There were Hutu men on the street with guns

looking for Tutsis to kill. He knew where everybody lived.

They had a list.

Did you see anyone else you know from school?

-No.

-OK, I've got a job for you.

I want you to go inside, find the phone book

-and call everybody you know from school and get them to come here. All right?

-Yes.

SHE SPEAKS IN NATIVE TONGUE

Sorry, I don't understand.

Je ne comprends pas.

Francois, Francois. Come here.

Tell him, he can tell me.

No, no, listen, tell him, and then he can tell me.

Explain to them.

HE SPEAKS IN NATIVE TONGUE

Listen, come on.

Excusez-moi.

Can you help these two?

What was that about?

-I'm Hutu. The Tutsis hate all Hutu.

-Half the kids here are Tutsi. They don't hate you.

-Joe, you don't understand.

-So tell me. Make me understand.

The Tutsis want to become our masters again. To them we are just slaves.

-That's propaganda!

-It's true, Joe.

-Those they can't own as slaves, they will kill inside their beds.

-Mate, you don't believe that shit!

If they can shoot our President, no Hutu is safe.

Hutus must protect themselves or die.

-I have to go.

-Will you be safe?

I'll go to my father's house.

Nobody's answering the phone.

Right, OK. Come on.

The front and back gates have been fortified and the perimeter is secure.

We are currently hosting 100, 150 refugees. Mostly Tutsi.

We can't cope with many more.

There'll be more to come. They know you're here, they're looking for protection.

My orders are not to allow this school to become a safe haven.

But you're UN peacekeepers!

Surely you're here to prevent bloodshed.

Peacekeepers, no.

We are here to monitor the peace between Hutu and Tutsi. That is all.

Well, why did you bring all these guns?

Our rules of engagement allow the use of weapons, only in self defence.

In fact, to use the machine gun, I must even obtain the approval of the secretary general himself.

Our mandate is not to enforce the peace,

but to monitor it.

Well, I confess I can't understand the difference.

Certainly these people won't.

BEEPING

'7:00 hours, Greenwich Mean Time.

'Violence has broken out in the central African republic of Rwanda

'following the death of Hutu President Juvenal Habyarimanathe in a plane crash yesterday evening.

'Sources loyal to the government are blaming members of the local Tutsi minority

'of the suspected downing of the plane by rocket fire.'

HORNS HOOT

White man come in big car. Make whining noise.

Christopher, I need to put them somewhere

with facilities.

Yes, of course. Must have their facilities!

Well, last time they had the old offices there.

Thank you.

-That's nice. Really nice.

-Isn't it?

-Listen, I'm gonna take the truck for a while.

-Take it where?

Marie and Roland, I need to go round to theirs.

-It's not a good idea.

-It's two roads away, for God's sake.

I'll be a couple of minutes.

-Straight there and back.

-Yeah.

Hello? Anybody home?

Hello? Roland? Marie?

Roland? Marie?

MOVEMENTS IN DISTANCE

Hello?

Hello.

Allez.

No, um, I'm a teacher.

Professor.

A l'ecole?

Oui, a l'ecole.

-Allez maintenant.

-OK.

Maintenant!

GUNFIRE

It's really weird out there, Christopher.

And I didn't see anything really.

-I'll need your help in the chapel shortly.

-I couldn't find Roland or Marie.

-Their house was empty.

-They're over there. I saw them five minutes ago.

Marie, where have you been? I've just been to your house.

We had to come a back way. There were road blocks everywhere.

You're safe now anyway, that's what matters.

Listen, the classrooms look like they're getting pretty busy. Take my room.

It would be much more comfortable.

Thank you, Joe, but I see many of our neighbours here. I think we should be with them.

Sure?

Thank you for coming to find us.

Ah! Surely it's not time to start praying already?

I just wanted to inform you that I shall be giving a briefing

of the situation as we know it to everyone at 16:00 hours.

Everyone, Charles?

The Europeans.

The indications are that it's a coup.

-There's also word that the detachment of French Legionnaires may be sent here.

-Reinforcements.

In case of a need to evacuate.

It may become untenable to provide security for this many Tutsi.

Around here, we just call them Rwandans.

-Who's in charge here?

-Mon capitan, je suis desole!

I'm a former minister in this so-called government.

I must tell you that the killing going on outside isn't simply random.

This is all planned.

You must alert your superiors in New York. You must intervene.

We're here as peace monitors, nothing more.

-There's no mandate for anything else.

-Captain...

You're no doubt aware of what the Nazis attempted to do with the Jews?

Of course.

This is what we're facing here.

These Hutu extremists, who have taken control, even call this the Tutsi problem.

They plan to wipe the Tutsi out.

Do you understand me? All of them.

She says she was hiding behind her house.

They were militia in the street, gangs of militia.

They were checking identity cards at the road blocks.

She says she was very scared because she's a Tutsi.

She saw them stop one woman and her baby girl.

They kicked the woman in the stomach

and began to take off her clothes.

One of them took the baby by the feet and swung her against a tree,

so the baby hit her head.

They kept swinging until the baby was dead.

SHE SPEAKS IN NATIVE TONGUE

Listen to me, you're safe here.

But I'm Tutsi.

If we all stay together in here, then we're safe. There are too many people here, all right?

I promise you.

There has been some rumours and speculation flying around,

I'd ask you to disregard anything but the fact.

Our best analysis is that a coup has occurred.

We've been assured that an interim government will be restored very soon.

In the meantime, we're in full contact with your embassies.

Of course,

a evacuation protocol is being put into effect.

What's he saying?

That everything is going to be all right.

My father would like to speak to you.

ALL SHOUT

Just one at a time.

We've organised ourselves. Three groups.

One will do security, watching people who are coming in.

One will do health. We've some people here who are nurses.

And the third group, will do food.

-That's great.

-We have agreed that we shall only have one meal a day.

That's at 4 o'clock. We need a steady, good supply of firewood and something to measure the rice with.

-Can you find these things for us please?

-Sure, I can ask Father Christopher.

Hi.

Listen, they're doing a really good job outside

-organising themselves, but they're gonna need some stuff from us.

-Fine, I'll see to that after Mass.

Mass?

I'm a priest in a Catholic country, Joe.

This is what I do.

-It's in the job description.

-Sure...

Do you think it's the best time for that?

In times of stress, people need to commune with their God.

I think maybe they would prefer some food.

Water, a spot of reassurance.

Well, come to Mass.

You'll get all three on the same ticket.

THEY SING

'It's been a tense night in the Rwandan capital Kigali.

'The normally bustling streets are now completely deserted

'except for angry soldiers loyal to the former president.'

'The stench of bodies is becoming common.

'Militias with machetes and clubs rule the streets.

'In what appears to have been a deliberate plan to Massacre Tutsis, thousands have been executed.'

-Councillor.

-Father Christopher.

These are difficult times.

Such uncertainties...

Please be careful.

Tutsis have spies everywhere.

Some might even be in your school.

I appreciate your concern for our welfare, councillor.

Of course, the welfare of our citizens is paramount.

Well, we could do with some blankets, fuel for the generator, that sort of thing.

Perhaps tomorrow.

My superior has asked me to ask you,

to perhaps have a small word with your Belgian guests.

My government is uncomfortable with the idea of United Nations soldiers

guiding those poor people in your schools.

We'd prefer Rwandans protecting Rwandans.

I'm not sure that it's my position to talk to the Capitan about that.

Of course.

You know him better than I.

Though I'm sure he'll listen to you.

His mind must be on all those missing men.

What missing men?

-Ten Belgian soldiers.

-What?

They were kidnapped while guarding the Prime Minister.

A terrible business, terrible.

Well...

I'll see what I can do.

Thank you.

That would be very nice.

Yes, it's true. A detachment of ten soldiers were protecting the Prime Minister.

He said they were kidnapped.

It's possible. We don't know where they are.

What happened to the Prime Minister?

She's dead. Murdered.

Look, this might sound weird, but what about this?

We could call the bishop, get him to come to the school.

Not to give Mass, but for a talk or a symbol. You know?

It's not going to make any difference.

Wait a minute, if you can think about it. You know him well.

Call him, get him round here.

I don't think so, Joe.

If he came, what sack kind of signal will that send out?

For God's sake!

-I know you don't think we can make any difference but...

-We're past all that!

If the UN are being targeted...

..then we're way beyond that.

Let's call Sister Isabel again.

SPEAKING AND CRACKLING FROM RADIO

What's he saying?

Who will fill the empty graves?

The cockroaches are hiding in the churches.

They're hiding in the schools.

What's going on?

Food. We're discussing how to ration what's left.

Can I have a quick word?

Don't bite my head off, but I have an idea.

Nobody knows what's happening here, right?

Yes.

So we should get in the TV cameras.

What would that do?

Nowadays, nothing exists if it's not on TV,

so get the cameras in here, the rest of the world sees what's happening

-and they have to do something.

-How do we achieve that?

I can go and get Rachel Watson. She's with the BBC, staying at the Morale.

But I can't let you go outside alone.

Fine, I'll get the UN to give me an escort.

OK.

Great.

I'm sorry, my Central Command would never agree.

Your mandate is about peacekeeping.

If you can help me get the BBC here, that helps keep the peace.

You know that.

It's one vehicle, just one.

It's possible. Give me a minute.

HE SHOUTS IN FRENCH

-Charles.

-No escort.

-But you just said...

-No escort, leave now!

-Fuck's sake.

He won't give me an escort. I'm going to go to Francois'.

-He's Hutu so if he's with me...

-Hang on a second.

-Everyone knows this truck.

-Wait here!

-Charles.

-Our missing soldiers have been found.

They were taken to a government barracks and executed.

Executed?

Butchered.

Oh my God, I'm so sorry.

You realise, no-one's safety can be guaranteed now.

C'est bon.

VOICES ON RADIO

Is Francois here?

No, thank you. Is Francois...

Francois?

Madame, is your son here?

Merci.

I've got the news desk screaming for two-ways every half hour, Joe.

And the nine want three minutes from me tonight.

But there are over 1,500 people hiding at the school!

There's 2,000 Tutsi hiding at the Saint Famille and God knows how many at the stadium.

We also have about 40 Europeans...

hiding.

When it started off, it was just the army doing the killings.

Now it's spreading to everyone. They're all killing Tutsis. Ordinary people, police, everyone.

I've never seen so many fucking machetes in my life.

Fuck, they're militia. Interahamwe.

-Shite.

-It's all right, everyone round here knows us.

-Lucky us(!)

OK, OK, OK.

No, oi, mate! No!

Il est un professeur dans une ecole, tout pres...

Il est un professeur...

HE SHOUTS IN NATIVE TONGUE

Just take the tape out and push the blue button on the top.

Il est un professeur dans une ecole. Il est un professeur dans une ecole. Tout pres.

Nous sommes... Nous sommes... Nous sommes BBC!

-La tele?

-Oui, la tele. I'll show you.

-BB...

-La tele?!

-Oui, maintenant.

You're gonna break it!

HE SPEAKS IN NATIVE TONGUE

HE WHIMPERS

Joe, Joe. Look at me.

Look at me, Joe. Keep looking at me, all right?

Look at me!

Take the fucking tape! Don't take the fucking...

Look at me Joe! Joe, look at me, Joe. Keep looking at me. Just at me.

THEY SPEAK IN NATIVE TONGUE

Do you know him?

Well I think that went rather well, all things considered.

SHE LAUGHS

Wait! Wait! Stop!

Go back, go back a bit.

-That's it. See it?

-Yeah.

They're never going to show this.

Just get it on tape, Mark.

You OK?

HE BLOWS WHISTLE

DRUMMING, WHISTLING

I heard about the road block.

Not everything.

Francois was there.

He's a killer. He's one of them.

-Did you see him kill anyone?

-No, but he had a machete in his hands, there was blood on the blade...

There was no blood on his hands, so, um...

I'm sorry.

How do you view the situation now?

Extremist Hutu elements are targeting the Tutsi minority and anyone who supports them.

-You know there are people being killed right outside those gates?

-Yes.

So why can't the UN stop this slaughter?

We do not have a mandate for that.

We can only fire if fired upon. The parameters of our operation are very clear.

-Some people are starting to call this a genocide. Would you call it that?

-Er...

Because, you know that if this is a genocide, you are obligated to intervene?

Stop the camera, please.

Stop it now!

What's going on here is not my choice, OK? Being here and doing nothing is also not my choice.

I'm a military commander with a mandate to observe. I can do no more.

-You're the UN. Surely...

-But I'm not the Security Council.

They make a mandate. Why don't you call New York and get it changed?

Because let me tell you, we have tried. And please, let me know how far you get.

WHISTLING, SHOUTING

There are Interahamwe outside both gates now.

It appears we are being slowly surrounded.

You know, I just don't understand, why did they kill those UN soldiers?

They're not stupid people.

They must have known it would have repercussions.

Perhaps they wanted repercussions?

In Somalia, 18 Americans died.

It was enough to force a complete withdrawal.

As you say, these are not stupid people.

Will the UN withdraw, do you think, Charles?

At the moment, my orders are to remain in position.

If your orders change?

I'm a soldier...

I can't imagine what it must be like for you.

If you ever wanted to talk, or if any of your men ever wanted to talk...

My grandparents were Belgian.

When the Nazis came through the town

they took in as many Jews as they could, 20, maybe 30 people.

Everyone else gave them up, handed them over.

My grandparents saved those people.

I was always proud of that.

MAN SHOUTS IN FRENCH

SHOUTING OF CROWD BECOMES LOUDER

Mais qu'est-ce qui ce passe? Qu'est-ce qui ce passe?! Arretez-vous!

Stop it! Stop it!

Stop it immediately! Stop it!

What's going on here?

He was walking across over there with a machete.

He's Interahamwe.

HE SHOUTS ORDERS IN FRENCH

On se calme! On se calme!

Et on se calme... ON SE CALME!

Ta gueule!

Et on se calme, c'est termine, il n'y a rien a voir...

Are you all right?

I'm afraid, Joe.

-It's all right.

-For you, maybe.

See that woman there? Her name is Rachel.

She's with the television crew.

And they're gonna film us. If they are filming us, no one can touch us.

THEY SING AND CLAP

THEY SHOUT AND BLOW WHISTLES

-You OK?

-Mmm.

Why did you come here?

You know, growing up...

I had everything a kid can want.

And...

It's just me trying to say thank you, I guess.

Trying to make a difference.

I know. I catch myself sometimes, thinking,

"Well done, Joe. You're really doing it.

"You're... You're starring in your own Oxfam ad".

And then there's all this.

Last year in Bosnia I felt exactly the same way.

-How was that?

-Great, actually.

Best stuff I've ever done.

Cried every day.

Strangely enough, over here...

Not a tear.

I guess you get numb to it.

No... No.

It's worse than that.

Anytime I saw a dead Bosnian woman,

white woman, I thought...

"That could be my Mum."

Over here, they're just... dead Africans.

What a thing to say.

We're all just selfish pieces of work in the end.

-Shit. What the fuck is that?

-That's all right. It's just the generators.

I'm surprised it didn't happen already.

WOMAN SCREAMS

-Where's it coming from?

-This way.

SCREAMING CONTINUES

Breathe and push!

Good girl. Breathe. Push!

SHE GASPS

Breathe and push. Remember to breathe. Push!

We have the head. Push!

Push! Oh, yes. Push! Push harder, you're doing really well. Come on. And push!

SHE SCREAMS

Push! Push!

BABY CRIES

MAN SPEAKS IN NATIVE TONGUE

WOMAN: Christopher.

She wants to call the baby Christopher.

Thank you.

GROUP SINGS

I think Christopher is an awful name.

The fathers at Nyamata have been murdered.

In that church.

What? Father Jean?

And all their parishioners.

Hacked to death.

Jesus Christ!

I have not seen this before.

Did you get through to the convent?

The line's dead.

-What are you doing?

-I've said Mass every Monday with that convent for 12 years.

Come on, Christopher.

-I have to go.

-It's not gonna make any difference that you're a priest or you're white.

They don't care who you are any more.

-I'll be all right.

-You won't be all right. I've been out there and it's falling apart.

They might already be dead.

That's not the point.

This baby is not well.

BABY CRIES

He has a fever.

There's also discharge coming from his eyes.

There's nothing here.

Do you know exactly what we need?

Yes.

First the medicine, then the convent.

-You don't have to do this, you know.

-Yes, I do, Joe.

THEY SHOUT, BLOW WHISTLES

-Morning, Julius.

-Good morning.

-I need some medicine.

We have some, I think.

What is the child's name?

Christopher.

-Do you have the medicine?

-And what is the child's address?

Do you have the medicine?

Follow me.

This child is Hutu or Tutsi?

Hutu.

Wait there.

I knew I had it.

It was hidden.

Take a lot of care out there.

Thank you.

HE SPEAKS IN LOCAL DIALECT

Father Christopher!

MEN HECKLE It's me, it's me!

You see? HE LAUGHS

See?

-Give it.

-Don't! No!

-No, it's medicine.

-Medicine?

It is my medicine.

HE COUGHS

FLIES BUZZ

Attends.

Christopher.

-We need you to tell the rest of the school that we are having problems with the dogs.

-Dogs?

The ones outside the gate, they're eating the bodies.

Can you please just inform everyone that we have a health problem here?

We are going to shoot the dogs.

If they hear gunshots, they should not panic, OK?

Did they open fire?

Did they open fire, Charles?

Did WHO open fire?

The dogs!

Were they shooting at you?

What are you talking about?

It's just, according to your mandate...

..if you're going to shoot the dogs, then the dogs must have been shooting at you first!

-Please, Christopher...

-I'll tell you what!

Why don't we just say "fuck the mandate"?!

And when you've finished with this health problem, maybe you'll address the other health problem?

The one over there!

With the fucking machetes!

We have no more fuel for the fire.

Use the Bibles.

Plenty to go around if we share. Come on.

Christopher...

You know what, Joe?

People have been coming to Mass here for God knows how long.

They get up, they go to church, they sing, they genuflect, they kneel and they leave.

Do you know why?

Because they're told to!

They just go through the motions without the slightest understanding of what it is they're engaged in.

Whether they're being told to eat a wafer or

hack their own flesh and blood to death.

You're wrong, Father.

I know you've made a difference.

I've spent 30 years on this bloody continent.

The only thing we ever had that ever stayed the same was hope.

We've always had hope, Joe.

The fact is, it's all we ever had.

Now...

nothing.

We're running dry.

'We receive Christopher into the congregation of Christ's flock and so...'

sign him with the sign of the cross.

And in token that, hereafter, he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified,

and manfully to fight under his banner against sin, the world and the Devil.

And he will continue as Christ's faithful soldier and servant...

..until his life's end.

BABY CRIES

-Amen.

-ALL: Amen.

CAR HORN BLARES

It's the French!

HEATED DISCUSSION IN FRENCH

SHOUTING

Bastards! They're only taking the whites.

-What?

-They're only taking the whites.

-But they can't do that.

Until your Capitaine stepped in, they were only taking French.

-Excuse me, is there room for me on this truck?

-If you hurry up, yes.

Then I wanna donate my place to one of these people. Her name is Marie Motagoma.

No, no Rwandans!

Let the boy on!

Let the boy on!

LOUD SHOUTING

Joe, come on, get on this truck.

For fuck's sake, Joe, there is nothing more you can do here!

I'm staying.

HORN BLARES

SINGING

WHISTLES BLOW

BABY CRIES

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of Heaven and Earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his Son, the Lord...

Keep going.

Does He love everyone?

Does He even love those men on the roads outside?

God doesn't always like everything we do.

That's our choice.

But he loves all his children.

BABY CRYING

Er... Has anybody seen Edda?

Edda, the, er...the woman with the baby.

Did you see Edda with the baby?

Cos I have a medicine...for the baby. No?

Claude, have you seen Edda or Aaron?

They're running away.

-What? Where?

-Over the back fields.

Edda.

WHISTLES BLOWING

SCREAMING

Mama!

BABY WHIMPERS

Don't cry. Don't cry.

-Don't cry! Don't cry!

-Ssh!

BABY CRIES

Ssh!

CRYING STOPS

How much pain can a human being take, do you think?

I mean, if you feel...enough pain,

does everything just...

shut down...

before you die?

I don't know, Joe.

Cos you'd think that, wouldn't you? You'd think there'd be some, um...

Something in the design, you know. Some shut-off valve.

If you feel enough pain.

I hope so.

Yeah, God knows.

Maybe we should ask Him.

If He's still around.

I think it's time we packed our bags.

Marie!

You'll never leave us, Papa Christopher?

Terrible things may happen in this world, Marie.

But however terrible they are...

you are in my heart.

And you'll be there...

..until I die.

Joe, may I have a word with you?

I have orders to withdraw to the airport.

How long do we have?

We leave in 30 minutes.

Joe, you must come.

If you do not come, you will die. It's very simple.

What about these people?

You must understand, I've been given no choice.

They could have been all right.

-Come with me, Joe.

-If they knew they'd be abandoned, then no-one would've come!

-We don't have time for all this.

-And now there is nothing we can do.

Oh, yes, there is. These children might die without taking Holy Communion.

We can do something about that.

This is the lamb of God.

Happy are those who are called to His supper.

Doucement!

-Body of Christ.

-Amen.

Body of Christ.

Amen.

Body of Christ.

Amen.

The burden that we have set down at the door of the Church for this Eucharist

we know we must bear again.

'But now strengthened by this Eucharist...

'..and this community.'

In the name of the Father, and of the Son,

and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Go in peace.

Joe?

Where are you going?

I'm sorry.

You promised.

I'm sorry.

Capitaine Delon!

Captain.

I have a polite request.

Just from all of us.

The people of Kuchekiro and refugees of this school.

We are all fathers, mothers, sons, daughters.

We are all one family now.

And it is as one family that we wish to die.

Therefore, we politely request

that before you leave us,

that your soldiers use their guns to kill us.

We do not wish to be killed by machete.

The bullets will kill us all quickly.

And there will be much less pain.

I'm sorry, I cannot agree to your request.

Please.

If not for us,

then please, spare the children the pain.

I am sorry.

Please.

Just the children.

I cannot help you.

On y va. En route!

Christopher...

I have to stay.

-I can't...

-I know.

That's as it should be. Really.

-Why are you doing this?

-You asked me, Joe, where is God

in everything that is happening in here, in all this suffering?

I know exactly where He is.

He is right here with these people, suffering.

His love is here.

More intense and profound than I have ever felt.

And my heart is here, Joe. My soul.

If I leave I think I may not find it again.

TRUCK ENGINE STARTS UP

Find fulfilment in everything, Joe.

GUNSHOTS

Roland!

Good boy.

Squash up. Up and in. Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze.

Good boy.

Really squash up.

We got room for one more.

-In.

-SHE PROTESTS

HE SPEAKS IN NATIVE TONGUE

Now, stay under the cover, don't move and not a squeak!

When I come back I want another lot ready to leave.

THEY SPEAK IN NATIVE TONGUE

HE SHOUTS ORDER

-Julius...

-Where are you going?

I have an important meeting with Bishop Vincent.

Bishop Vincent is not in Kigali.

Where are you driving to meet him?

He said he will be in Butare.

Why are you in this truck?

It's the school truck, Julius.

You know where I work.

Look, Julius.

We know each other well.

-I don't understand...

-You have stolen this vehicle.

Now you're just being an idiot.

This is not a joke.

All right, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

But listen, Julius, we know each other.

I don't understand why we are having this conversation.

Put your hands on the truck.

All right, but why can't we sit down and talk about this for a while?

Do you want money, Julius?

Put your hands on the truck.

Nyenzi lover.

Do as I say!

Look at yourselves. Just look at yourselves.

OK. Enough.

Enough.

Do you think you are safe because you're priest?

Do you?

Do you know what's so strange, Julius, even now?

When I'm looking at you, into your eyes...

..the only feeling that I have inside me...

..is love.

SINGLE GUNSHOT

TWO MORE GUNSHOTS

HE GRUNTS

HE SOBS

-MAN:

-'Is it true that you have specific guidance not to use the word genocide in isolation,

'but always to preface it with these words, "acts of"?

I have guidance which I try to use as best as I can.

I'm not... I have...

There are formulations that we are using, that we are trying to be consistent in our use of.

I don't have an absolute categorical prescription against something, but I have

'the definitions, I have phraseology,

'which has been carefully examined and arrived at as best as we can

'apply to examine the situation and...

'How many acts of genocide does it take to make genocide?

'That's just not a question that I'm in position to answer.

'Clearly not all of the killings, that have taken place in Rwanda

'are killings to which you may apply that label.'

CHOIR SING

-Good morning, Mr Connor.

-Morning, Sir.

This place is very hard to find.

Yes, I know.

So this is where Father Christopher went to school?

He was a young priest here.

He made a big sacrifice for us.

I remember he would say, "Sacrifice is the most you can love someone."

WHISTLE BLOWS

You know, when I was running, I thought of you in my head.

-You remember that day when you were commentating?

-Mm.

It was so strange.

When I was running for my life I was so frightened, but they were in my head.

Talking and talking, like you wouldn't shut up.

Why did you leave us?

I...

I was afraid to die.

We are fortunate.

All this time we've been given.

We must use it well.

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