Movie: God Sleeps in Rwanda

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Rosario Dawson
Rosario Dawson

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    A powerful documentary about five women whose lives have been irrevocably altered by the Rwandan genocide. With the country left nearly 70% female in the wake of the massacres, "God Sleeps In Rwanda" is a lucid portrait of the much larger change affected by women in the East African country.

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    2005-08-15

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