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Duncan Woodside

Duncan Woodside is a freelance journalist with a keen interest in the Great Lakes region of Africa. His work has appeared in the Christian Science Monitor.

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Shooting Dogs:Rwanda's genocide through European eyes

In trying to bring the complex subject of Rwanda's 1994 genocide to western audiences, does the film Shooting Dogs stray too far from the Rwandan experience? Duncan Woodside defends the filmmakers.