Shooting Dogs Page #5

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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 alright.

- Come with me, Joe.

- If they knew they'd abandoned, then why would they've come?

- We don't have time for all this.

- And now there's nothing we can do.

These children might die

without taking Holy Communion.

We can do something about that.

This is the lime of God.

Happy are those who

are called to his supper.

- Body of Christ.

- Amen.

Body of Christ.

Amen.

Body of Christ.

Amen.

Burden that we have set down at the

door of the church for this Eucharist.

We know, we must now bear again.

But now strengthened by this

Eucharist and this community.

In the name of the Father and the Son

and the Holy Spirit, amen.

Go in peace.

Joe.

Where are you going?

I'm sorry.

You promised.

I'm sorry.

Capitaine Delon.

Capitaine.

I have a polite request.

It's 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 that is as one family

that we wish to die.

Therefore we politely request just 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 it will be much less pain.

I'm sorry I can not agree to your request.

Please.

If not for us...

Please spare the children the pain.

I am sorry.

Please, just the children.

I can not help you.

Christopher.

I have to stay.

I can't...

I know.

That's how 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.

Find fulfillment in everything, Joe.

Don't worry.

Roland.

Good boy.

Squash up.

Squeeze.

Good boy.

You now really squash up.

We got room for one more.

Now, stay under the cover,

don't move and not a squeak!

When I come back I want

another load ready to leave.

BEGIN THE WORK!

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.

Julius.

We know each other well.

I don't understand...

You have stolen this vehicle.

No, you're just being an idiot.

This is not a joke.

Alright, 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.

Alright, 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.

Nienzi lover.

Do as I say.

Look at yourselves.

Just look at yourselves.

Okay.

Enough.

Do you think you are saint

because you are 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.

Is it true that you have a specific guidance not to use the word

'genocide in isolation', but you always took preference to the word 'act'?

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 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.

FIVE YEARS LATER.

- Good morning, mister Conor.

- Good 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".

You know, when I was running

I thought of you in my head.

You remember that day

when you were commentating?

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 was afraid to die.

We are fortunate.

All this time we've been given.

We must use it well.

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