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I definitely think this movie improves the viewer’s understanding of historical events relating to the Rwandan genocide. While I was searching for a scene that was inaccurate, it was hard. The things that are inaccurate in this movie are smaller details. The major events are pretty accurate and I think this movie really helps the viewer because it doesn’t just show what the Rwandan genocide was, it shows how the West completely overlooked this tragic event and how that made the people in Rwanda feel. The first time I watched this movie, I knew nothing about the Rwandan genocide, I didn’t even know where Rwanda was, but afterwards it stayed with me because I couldn’t grasp how something so real and powerful was lost in our Western history. The

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