An excellent film in the style of "Schindler's List"

Rating: 10/10 (2 May 2005)

A devastating film about the ultimate strength and love of a man and how he changes in the midst of terror. Paul is, like Schindler, a suave, knowledgeable gentleman, with strong values and great pride in his abilities to charm people. He learns to use his charm and wit to save over one thousand Hutus and Tsutsis who are being sentenced to slaughter as traitors or cockroaches. Paul, a Hutu, is married to a Tsutsi, and much is made in the film of how a name label is sufficient to condemn one--there is really little physical difference between the Tall Trees (Tsutsis) and the Hutus. The movie shows how the world, outside Africa, turned its back on the genocide of one million Tsutsis in 1994--including the UN, who described themselves as "Peace KEEPERS" not "Peace MAKERS." The horror of it all...