“…The narrative sweeps across 100 years of history to the early 1990s, with the Hutus (or "true Rwandans," as they call themselves) locked in a civil war with the Rwandan Patriotic Front, a paramilitary organization of exiled Tutsis attacking from the outside.The film's most impressive achievement is the clarity with which it maps out the frenzied yet disquietingly robotic machinery of the genocide, from the birth of the extremist group Hutu Power to the chilling radio messages, eerily played over placid nighttime shots of the Rwandan capital of Kigali, urging Hutus to kill the "Tutsi cockroaches." …”

“…The script was written by ”Life” with a capital ”L”. Jean-Luc Godard, whom I respect as my mentor, was once asked how to make a film: ”It’s simple. …”