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No, there's no international line.

Do you think we should call sister Isabel?

It's too late.

She's been through this before.

We'll call her tomorrow.

Do you hear that?

It must have been the mortar

or artillery or something.

Go to bed and get some rest.

Easier said than done.

Well try. You're gonna need it.

Yeah.

- Good night.

- Good night.

I can still call my mom.

Father Christopher, there are people at the gates.

Tell them to open the gates.

This is a military base.

Not a refuge camp.

Actually it's a school.

My school.

Edda!

She says they heard gunshots.

So they decided to go to her brother's.

There were Hutu men on the street with guns...

...looking for Tutsis to kill.

They knew where everybody lived.

They had a list.

Did you see anyone else

you know from school?

No.

Okay, I've got a job for you.

I want you to go inside, find the phonebook and call everybody

you know from school and tell them to come here, alright?

- Yes.

- Okay.

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

Francois, come here.

Tell him, he can tell me.

No listen, tell him and then he'll tell me.

What was that about?

I'm Hutu, Joe.

The Tutsis hate all Hutu.

They have kids here,

they don't hate you.

Joe, you don't understand.

So tell me. Make me understand.

The Tutsis want to become masters again.

To them we are just slaves.

- It's government propaganda.

- It's true, Joe.

Those who will not be slaves,

they will kill inside their beds.

You don't believe that sh*t.

If they can shoot our president,

no Hutu is safe.

Hutus must protect themselves or die.

I have to go.

You will be safe?

I'll go to my father's house.

Nobody's answering the phone.

Right, okay. Come on.

The front and back gates have been

fortified and the perimeter is secure.

We are apparently

hosting 400-450 refuges.

Mostly Tutsi.

We can't cope with many more.

There will be more to come. They know

you are here, they're looking for protection.

My order is I'm not to allow this

school to become a safe haven.

But you are peacekeepers.

Surely you are here to prevent bloodshed.

Peacekeepers? No.

Our mandate is very clear. We are here to monitor

the peace between Hutu and Tutsi. That is all.

Why did you bring all these guns?

Our rules of engagement allow the

use of weapons only in self-defense.

In fact to use the M-2 machine gun, I must even obtain

the approval of the Secretary General himsef.

Our mandate is not to enforce the peace,

but to monitor it.

Alright Capitaine, I can understand the difference.

Certainly these people won't.

Greenwich meantime.

Violence has broken out in the central

African republic of Rwanda,

following the death of Hutu president Juvenal

Habyarimana in a plane crash, yesterday evening.

Sources loyal to the government are blaming members of the local

Tutsi minority. They are suspected to attack the plane by rocket fire.

White men coming in big car.

To make whinings.

Christopher, I need to put them

somewhere with facilities.

Yes, of course.

We must have the facilities.

Last time they had the old offices there.

Thank you.

- Isn't that nice?

- It's really nice.

Can I use a tow truck for a while?

For what?

For Marie and Roland to bring them here.

It's not a good idea.

It's two roads there,

it would take a couple of minutes.

Straight there and back.

Hello? Anybody home?

Hello, Roland?

Marie?

Roland?

Marie?

Hello.

No, I'm a teacher.

Okay.

It's really weird out there, Christopher.

And I didn't see anybody.

That's strange.

I'm gonna need your help in the chapel shortly.

I couldn't find the Motagomas

and their house was empty.

They're over there.

I saw them five minutes ago.

Marie, where have you been?

I have just been at your house.

We had to come back way.

They were road-blocks everywhere.

Well you are safe now

and that's what matters.

Listen, classrooms are getting pretty busy, why don't you

take my room? It will be much more comfortable for you.

Thank you, Joe. But, you see, many of our

neighbors here. I think we should be with them.

You're sure?

Thank you for coming to find us.

Surely there's no time to celebrating already.

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

of the situation as we know it to everyone at 6.00 hours.

Everyone, Charles?

The Europeans.

The indication are that it is a coup.

There's also a word that the detachment

of French regime may be sent here.

Reinforcements?

In case of a need to evacuate.

It may become unattainable to provide

security for these many Tutsi.

Around here we just call them Rwandans.

Who is in charge here?

My name is Ingulimziwa.

I am the former minister of

this so-called government.

And I must tell you that the killing going on

outside is not simply random. This is all planned.

You must alert your superiors in New York.

You must intervene.

Sir, we are here as peace monitors, nothing more.

There's no mandate for anything else.

Captain, you're no doubt aware what

the Nazis attempted to do with the Jews.

Of course.

This is what we are 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.

There were Interahamwe in the streets.

Intera what?

Militias, gangs of militia.

Interahamwe means "those who strike together".

They were checking identity cards, like this.

She said she was very scared

because she's a Tutsi.

She saw 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 the tree, so the baby hit her had.

They kept swinging

until the baby was dead.

Listen to me, you are safe here.

But I'm Tutsi.

If we all stay together in here then we're safe.

There's too many people here, alright?

Alright?

I promise you.

There has been some rumour

and speculations around.

I'll ask you to disregard anything but the facts.

Our best analysis is that a coup has occurred.

We've been assured that an government

will be restored very soon in the meantime.

We are on full contact with your embassies.

And of course an evacuation protocol

is being put into effect.

What does he say?

He says everything is going to be alright.

My father would like to speak to you.

One at a time.

We have organized ourselves.

There will be three groups, one will be security,

watching people who are coming in.

We have some people here

who are embassy workers.

And the third group will do food.

Okay good, that's great.

We have all agreed that we shall only

have one meal a day. That's at 4 o'clock.

So we need a steady food supply and something to measure

the right food. Can you find these things for us, please?

Sure. I can ask father Christopher.

- Thank you.

- Okay.

Hi.

Listen, they're doing a really good job outside, organizing

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

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