My time right now is limited and I would like to comment more on this post later, but I just wanted to make clear that this film is not the first that I had heard of the Rwandan genocide. I was very familiar with it before seeing the film and had, in fact, put off adding the film to queue on Netflix because I knew it would be a difficult viewing for me and would bring up a lot of intense emotions that I was also very familiar with. Watching the film only spurred the conversation which then led to the formation of the question in the OP.
Your post is interesting though and I would like to reflect on it and get back with you.
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