April was unsparing, without being gratuitous, in showing how horrific yet casual the violence was, and Idris Elba (The Wire) was stunning as a Rwandan officer who came to see the light too late to save his mixed-ethnicity family.

Opts for a broader canvas [than Hotel Rwanda] both in time and space, exchanging a strong dramatic center for increased depth of detail and insight.

Peck has shown us the horrors of late-stage decolonization and postcolonialism.

a powerful and effective piece of filmmaking. Full of sadness and a fair amount of anger [yet] not vitriolic.