- Shooting Dogs
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name = Shooting dogs
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director =Michael Caton-Jones
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starring =John Hurt Hugh Dancy Claire-Hope Ashitey
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released = 2005
runtime = 115 min.
country =UK /Germany
language = English, French
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imdb_id = 0420901"Shooting Dogs", released in the
United States as "Beyond the Gates", is a 2005 film, directed byMichael Caton-Jones and starringJohn Hurt ,Hugh Dancy andClaire-Hope Ashitey . It is based on the experiences of BBC news producerDavid Belton , who worked in Rwanda during theRwandan Genocide . Belton is the film's co-writer and one of its producers.The setting of the film is the
Ecole Technique Officielle (ETO) inKigali ,Rwanda in 1994, during theRwandan Genocide . Hurt plays a Catholic priest and Dancy an English teacher, both Westerners, who are caught up in the events of the genocide.Unlike "
Hotel Rwanda ", which was filmed in South Africa using South African actors, the film was shot in the original location of the scenes it portrays. Also, many survivors of the massacre were employed as part of the production crew and minor acting roles.The film's title refers to the actions of UN soldiers in shooting at the stray dogs that scavenged the bodies of dead. Since the UN soldiers were not allowed to shoot at the Hutus that had caused the deaths in the first place, the shooting of dogs is symbolic of the madness of the situation that the film attempts to capture.
Francois Ngarambe, president of a Rwandan genocide survivors' association says that the film wrongly portrayed the genocide as largely the work of militia, neglecting the careful planning by the Hutu extremists in the government and the military.
External links
*imdb title|id=0420901|title=Shooting Dogs
* [http://www.beyondthegates-movie.com/ Beyond the Gates] (official site of the film)
* [http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/does_shooting_dogs_lie.php/ Does Shooting Dogs Lie?]
* " [http://www.envplan.com/epd/fulltext/d26/d2604aga.pdf Acts of Genocide] ": Abrahamsson, Christian;Environment and Planning D 2008 26(4):736-639
Introduction to a series ofacademic articles discussing the film
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