Shooting Dogs Page #2

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I don't know what I'd have done without you.

It seems to me you're digging

yourself a bit of the hole.

Look at that girl, she must run in her sleep.

That girl has a crash on you, I think.

What?

I think so.

It's probably just a phase.

Tracking?

Boys!

Yeah go on, get lost.

You're alright?

What's that word "nienzii"?

It means cockroaches.

Cockroaches?

They call all Tutsi cockroaches.

- It's stupid.

- Yeah.

Isn't that your dad?

Everyday I see you Joe,

you get a little more African.

I'm trying.

Will you watch football tonight, Roland?

It's Ivory Coast and Nigeria.

Nigeria will be wiping up the floor with them.

Can place a small bet on that?

It wouldn't be fair to take your money, Joe.

It'll be too easy.

Lucky for you, I'm a good Christian.

- Good bye.

- Bye.

What's going on, Charles?

Something at the airport.

What's going on?

The president's plane is down. He's dead.

Was it a shot down or did it crash?

We don't know yet.

Is it a coup?

Again, we don't know yet.

The school is now a weapon situ area.

We'll be digging in full-back positions.

A full-back from what?

It just a precaution.

It isn't good.

I had a similar situation in 73.

This could well be a coup.

Be prepared for that.

What do you think is gonna happen?

Well, people will come here for protection, they'd

rather be here with the UN than in their own home.

Francois, what is it?

Father Christopher, can I go home now?

No, we need you here.

Do you want to call home?

No thanks, I spoke to my mom last week.

I'd call her again if I were you.

Did you call your mother?

No, there's no international line.

Do you think we should call sister Isabel?

It's too late.

She's been through this before.

We'll call her tomorrow.

Do you hear that?

It must have been the mortar

or artillery or something.

Go to bed and get some rest.

Easier said than done.

Well try. You're gonna need it.

Yeah.

- Good night.

- Good night.

I can still call my mom.

Father Christopher, there are people at the gates.

Tell them to open the gates.

This is a military base.

Not a refuge camp.

Actually it's a school.

My school.

Edda!

She says they heard gunshots.

So they decided to go to her brother's.

There were Hutu men on the street with guns...

...looking for Tutsis to kill.

They knew where everybody lived.

They had a list.

Did you see anyone else

you know from school?

No.

Okay, I've got a job for you.

I want you to go inside, find the phonebook and call everybody

you know from school and tell them to come here, alright?

- Yes.

- Okay.

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

Francois, come here.

Tell him, he can tell me.

No listen, tell him and then he'll tell me.

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